Strengthening Ties & Shaping Lives
Collectively, through your support, the ties between our neighborhood, our community, and our city remain strong. The mission of FCHC Virginia Community Development Corporation is to preserve and increase service enriched affordable rental housing, serve unmet needs, and help to ensure that low to moderate income people have housing they can afford. In 2017, we saw this mission become aligned with many in Falls Church.
Richard Burns
Thomas Vaccaro
Over the last year, we also witnessed as Falls Church was recognized as the healthiest city in America, and maintained their spot as one of the wealthiest. We are proud of this recognition, because we believe that there is no better place to grow and preserve affordable housing, than in those areas that demonstrate the highest opportunities for families and individuals. In the US, over 80% of affordable housing is in areas of low opportunity. Our goal is to change this trend, and we see no better place to make that happen than in the City of Falls Church. In 2017, we continued to build on the successes of previous years, and those highlights are what we hope to celebrate in this Annual Report. Once again we are excited to announce that we have sponsored an internship for the City of Falls Church and the Department of Housing and Human Services (DHHS). Read on to learn how our fourth intern continued to deliver valuable research to DHHS and provide insight into the landscape of housing in the city, to better inform staff, elected officials, and all residents. FCHC and the City of Falls Church have worked together in a variety of ways over the past year, to elevate the conversation of housing in the community, and enhance the understanding of what affordable housing looks like in The Little City. We want to thank the Falls Church News Press for running a profile on our organization and the residents we serve. It is important that our neighbors are aware of the partnerships we have with the City, other local not-for-profits, and the dedicated and mission driven work we have done and currently do. Lastly, we are thrilled to describe in this annual report, the many projects we have accomplished over the past year. With your help and others, we can continue to open new doors for people, and in the process, shape lives.
Richard Burns
Thomas Vaccaro
President Executive Director & COO FCHC a Virginia Community Development Corporation
FCHC Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report
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