Active projects with current action items and/or upcoming meetings
The city is working to update a comprehensive land use plan for the Duke Street Corridor, where land use concepts were last updated in 1992. This is a huge opportunity to legalize more transit-oriented housing in Alexandria, dovetailing with the city's approval of and investment in a Bus Rapid Transit line on Duke Street. More info here.
Actions:
Give feedback on the proposed Draft Principles.
We think they're great! We especially appreciate the language around increasing supply and variety of housing, and supporting a variety of travel choices
Next Event:
Community Meeting #3: Mobility and Housing(!)
Thurs., 10/23 7-8:30pm
Patrick Henry Rec Center
RSVP here to attend this critical meeting with us!
Alexandria is updating its 2013 Housing Master Plan to shape the City's housing principles, goals, and projects through 2040. After launching last September, the City is running a public engagement process running through anticipated final votes at the end of 2025.
Actions:
Provide feedback on the Revised Principles and Goals by 10/19!
We LOVE goal one, putting increased supply up front as a necessary part of making Alexandria more affordable for all.
Next Meeting:
Save the date for 11/17, when the next meeting will focus on Landlord/Tenant Relations and Affordable Housing Preservation project recommendations and strategies.
We will let you know when there's a new opportunity to take action on these priority projects!
Staff are engaged in an ongoing review of specific portions of the zoning code, updating portions of code that have been flagged as difficult to work through by residents, builders, and city decision-makers. These tend to be smaller changes, but are generally worth supporting when they seek to streamline approval processes for homebuilding.
We will let you know when there's an impactful proposal worthy of our support!
City Council passed Zoning for Housing unanimously at their hearing on 11/28! These reforms are a strong first step toward a more affordable and inclusive Alexandria, but a lot remains to be done in Phase 2, which we hope to see initiated in the next couple of years.
Read our priorities for future reforms.
Duke Street in Motion
As Alexandria's primary east-west corridor, Duke Street is essential to enabling people to move throughout our community. Project info here.
After two years of public engagement and hours of public comment, the Council unanimously approved a concept plan in June 2023. The project has advanced to the design phase, and our role now is to ensure implementation that prioritizes an efficient, safe, sustainable, and equitable Duke Street.
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Hilco Redevelopment Partners plans to convert the old Potomac River Generating Station (PRGS) into a new mixed-use neighborhood in Old Town North. Follow along and advocate for a project that brings as much desperately needed housing to Alexandria's thriving urban core as possible. Project information online here.
Learn more about the plans for the redevelopment of Landmark Mall into a vibrant, mixed-use hub for Alexandria's West End. Project information is online here.
Learn about the pro-housing movement and how you can make housing more affordable near you!
Have a housing proposal that needs our support? Tell us about it!
YIMBYs of NoVA supports the Zoning for Housing recommendations made by city staff, which are a modest but meaningful step toward an affordable and sustainable Alexandria. City government should adopt staff's recommendations, and go further.
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These are comments made by our organization to the Alexandria City Council dated 17 May 2025
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These are comments made by our organization to the Alexandria City Council dated 14 June 2025
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Learn about the pro-housing movement and how you can make housing more affordable near you!
Have a housing proposal that needs our support? Tell us about it!
