A lengthy approval process for an affordable townhouse development motivated Fairfax City Mayor Catherine Read to testify in support of state legislation eliminating a key hurdle to affordable housing on church-owned properties. State Sen. Jeremy McPike's (D-29) Senate Bill 388 would let religious organizations develop housing on their land by right, without needing to go

A lengthy approval process for an affordable townhouse development motivated Fairfax City Mayor Catherine Read to testify in support of state legislation eliminating a key hurdle to affordable housing on church-owned properties. State Sen. Jeremy McPike's (D-29) Senate Bill 388 would let religious organizations develop housing on their land by right, without needing to go