The public hearings for 120 affordable homes and almost 100 market-rate homes in Franconia are coming up, and we need your personal testimony. Come to our Video Testimony Party so we can send your testimony to the county, or just hang out with your fellow YIMBYs! Simply tell your personal story of how the lack of housing has impacted you, and we'll take care of the rest!

We will help you submit your personal testimony for the April 9 Planning Commission meeting, as well as the May Board of Supervisors meeting. You'll simply register to submit your YouTube testimony ahead of time using the Planning Commission speaker form (use the dateApril 9, Application number SSPA 2023-IV-2S/PA-2023-00006) and the Board of Supervisors speaker form (use the date TBD, Application number SSPA 2023-IV-2S/PA-2023-00006).

Videos for the Planning Commission hearing are submitted by emailing the YouTube link to plancom@fairfaxcounty.gov, and are submitted to the Board of Supervisors using this form.

Anyone who submits a video is eligible to become a free Volunteer Member of YIMBYs of NoVA! Simply fill out this membership form.

Videos will be placed on YouTube as unlisted videos so they won't be searchable, and we will delete the videos after the Board of Supervisors hearing.

You can learn more by reading the staff report.

I'd like to offer a special "Thank You" to the Franconia Housing Advocates, St. Martin de Porres Episcopal Church, and the Fairfax County NAACP for helping to organize this event.