Program Director
Affordable Housing
Program Coordinator
Foothills Housing Corporation a local non profit organization with a mission to provide affordable housing opportunities is looking for a dedicated employee to coordinate the multiple programs they offer as assistance to income qualified clients to improve their homes. Applicants should have excellent communication skills, be self motivated with an ability to work independently and be prepared to travel for client home visits. Candidates with experience in VA government housing programs & grants applications, affordable housing background or construction/repairs/maintenance backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
• Full-time position
• Employee benefits offered: PTO, Simple IRA, Health Insurance, ST, LT & life Insurances.
Our History
In 1970, 1 in 5 occupied units in Fauquier County lacked indoor plumbing facilities…
Fauquier Housing Corporation (FHC) was founded in 1970 by Maximilian Tufts Senior, Roland Tapscott, and John Wayland in direct response to the growing need for affordable housing in their community.
Fauquier Housing was established at a time when 1 in 5 occupied units in Fauquier County lacked some or all plumbing facilities. Some of the first projects Fauquier Housing completed involved providing community wells in neighborhoods that previously had no or poor access to running water.
In 1971 the organization issued a report titled "Where Poverty Lives" and concluded:
"Fauquier county doesn't have the worst housing condition in the state of Virginia or in the nation. Its problems, however, are representative of the housing crisis that stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific and strikes hardest at the lower income families that do not share in the economic wealth and political power of the area of the country they live in."
– Fauquier Housing Services Program, 1971
In 1990, Fauquier Housing Corporation extended its services beyond Fauquier County when it incorporated Rapidan Better Housing as its sister organization. Rapidan Better Housing is located in Madison County and services Orange, Culpeper, Page, Madison, and Rappahannock Counties.
2010 marked the 40th anniversary for Fauquier Housing and was a year of growth for the organization. As the organization looks ahead however, it is also looking back.
Building on the foundation laid by its founders Mr. Tufts, Mr. Wayland, and Mr. Tapscott; Foothills Housing remains committed to meeting the needs of the people and environment it serves.