Working Together to Ease Community Burdens
FISCAL YEAR 2015 ANNUAL REPORT
OUR MISSION
FCHC’s mission 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.
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Falls Church Housing Corporation (FCHC): Working Together to Ease Community Burdens
2015 WAS A MILESTONE YEAR IN SEVERAL WAYS. It marked FCHC’s 35th anniversary. It was also the
40th anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant program, a milestone we celebrated with
the City of Falls Church and past block grant recipients.
In the last year we have strengthened our commitment to working with the City of Falls Church on
meeting the needs of this community. FCHC has been honored to join with the City to be a part of its
consolidated plan. We worked together to create an emergency heating and cooling center for senior
and disabled citizens of Falls Church. In close coordination with the Fire Marshal and other City
officials, we were able to address that particular unmet need while increasing the effectiveness of our
public/private partnership.
Another example of our partnership with the City’s was the underwriting of a stipend to keep a highly
regarded intern in place to work on the City’s consolidated plan. This member-funded support was
made possible through the generosity of FCHC’s 2015 Financial Partners acknowledged in this
annual report.
The City’s intern, did an exceptional job helping to bring into sharp focus the critical challenges FCHC
and the City are working together to address. Currently in Falls Church, 41% of the citizens renting
their homes and 20% of the homeowners fall within HUD’s “cost-burdened” definition, households
paying more than 30% of their income on housing. Those numbers are unacceptable. What’s equally
unacceptable is the fact that those housing cost burdens are being borne by teachers, firefighters,
police officers, members of the clergy, health care providers, and many other low to moderate income
valued members of our community.
In order to meet anther City need, FCHC was very pleased to be able to lease a three-office suite to
CASA de Virginia at a deeply discounted rate for 2015 and beyond. CASA now has a conveniently located
place to offer legal services to the immigrant community of Falls Church.
We have made great strides at working together and we can and we must do more to ease the burdens
of our neighbors in need of affordable housing in Falls Church.
Richard Burns President, FCHC a Virginia Community Development Corporation
Thomas Vaccaro Executive Director & COO, FCHC
Financial PartnersAS OF DECEMBER 31, 2015
2015 has marked another year of great
partnership for FCHC a Virginia Community
Development Corporation. We truly value
the generosity of each and every partner
acknowledged in this annual report. FCHC
is committed to expanding our partner
relationships in the coming years and
building on this foundation of support.
A large and unacceptable number
of Falls Church households are
considered “cost-burdened,” paying
more than 30% of their income
on housing. Those numbers are
unacceptable. What’s equally
unacceptable is the fact that those
housing cost burdens are being
borne by teachers, firefighters,
police officers, members of the
clergy, health care providers, and
other low to moderate income
valued members of our community.
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2015 Members
Sherry and Don Beyer
Judy and Joe Bracken
Marilyn and Paul Bugg
Shirley Camp
Cathconn Associates
Kathleen and Robert Donovan
Dulin United Methodist Church
Leslie and Phillip Duncan
C. Tutty Fairbanks
Mary Fitzgerald
Sara Fitzgerald and Walt Wurfel
Ellen and Richard Flaherty
Wendy Frieman and Col. David Johnson
Laurie and Ian Graig
R.K. and Dana Kaufman
Susie and Dan Larcamp
Willa and Ted Lutz
Mary Ann Mahoney
Martha and Richard Meserve
Cindy Mester
Alphonse M. Nguyen
Tam T. Nguyen
Christine and Brian O’Connor
Ann O’Neil and Lex Shelton
John Pitas
Janet and Richard Qualters
Glenda L. and Dr. Steven Rogers
Diana and Stephen Ruth
Ellen and Carl Salsbury
Sharon Schoeller
Nancy and Jim Scott
Carol Ann Siciliano and Kevin Ogle
Edith and David Snyder
Melissa Teates
John Waint
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330-B.S. Virginia Avenue, Suite 2
Falls Church, VA 22046
703.241.5402
www.fchccdc.org