Housing & Community Development

The Metropolitan Washington Regional Fair Housing Plan outlines the goals, strategies, and priorities that we’ll focus on to: Reduce housing discrimination Reverse patterns of racial segregation Improve access and opportunities for all current and future residents.

The program is designed to offer financial assistance to owner-occupied residents of Prince William County and the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park to correct health and safety issues as well as to increase energy efficiency within their properties. The County receives Community Development Block (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to finance this program.

FTHB provides loans for down payment and closing cost assistance to First-Time Homebuyers who are low and moderate-income residents or persons working in the Prince William Area (Prince William County, the City of Manassas or Manassas Park) through the use of federal funding.

In July 2021, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors initiated amendments to the zoning text and county code to create an Affordable Housing Dwelling Unit Ordinance that would help people with incomes at or below the area median income live in the county while maintaining a basic lifestyle and meeting basic living needs. For more information go to the AfDU webpage.

Public Information Meetings will be held to receive comments on Prince William Area FFY2024 (FY25) Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and solicit input from citizens on the development of the Annual Action Plan FY2027.

The FFY0224 (FY25) Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report is a summary of the accomplishments resulting from funded activities administered by the Prince William County Office of Housing and Community Development during Federal Fiscal Year 2024 (FY25). The purpose is to report on the Community Development Block Grant and the HOME Investment Partnerships and Emergency Solutions Grant.

Prince William County Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD) will submit a request to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Washington DC Field Office for the release of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds under Title 1 of the Community Development Block Grant Act of l974, and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds as amended for the following projects.

The Office of Housing is monitoring the federal situation closely and will communicate immediately if anything changes that affects housing assistance. Thank you for your patience, partnership, and commitment to Prince William County Housing Choice Voucher Participant/families during this uncertain time.