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​Good Shepherd Housing on how federal CDBG funds are positively impacting lives in Fairfax County Genee Hayes, executive director of Good Shepherd Housing, has first-hand experience in the potential impact of affordable housing. “I grew up in affordable housing. My...

​ The current Franconia Governmental Center at 6121 Franconia Road (via Google Maps)Fatimah Waseem February 27, 2024 at 11:45am A plan to redevelop the site of the Franconia Governmental Center has been delayed again. At Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting on...

​ Children participate in United Community's SPARKS Summer Camp, which is benefiting from a $25,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation. (Credit: AT&T/United Community) Two nonprofits around the Richmond Highway Corridor recently received grants aimed at improving...

The Mount Vernon Springfield Chamber of Commerce is presenting a career and resource fair for service members, veterans and their spouses on Wednesday, June 14.  The event, at Embassy Suites, 8100 Loisdale Road in Springfield, will run from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.  The...

More than we realize, many of us likely know a friend or colleague who may struggle with long-term housing instability. Increases in the cost of housing in the DC metropolitan area routinely outpace increases in wages. In Fairfax County, specifically — one of the...

GSH has helped Northern Virginians for 40 Years. Local elected officials, former and current GSH Board members, Amazon Housing Equity Fund representatives and GSH staff and friends celebrated a ribbon cutting at Colchester Towne in September 2022. By Anne Miller...

CommonWealth One Federal Credit Union Selects Five Finalists to Compete to Win the $10,000 Donation Grand Prize for Their Local Charity. Alexandria, VA, USA – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, March 7, 2023 The Big Giver Contest Grand Prize to be Awarded at the end of March. ​​"At...

Outgoing GSH Executive Director David Levine (2nd from l.) with Fairfax County BOS Chair Jeff McKay, Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck and former Supervisor Gerry Hyland Fairfax County officials  joined Good Shepherd Housing (GSH) board members, staff and...

FAIRFAX, Va., Feb. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sheehy Auto Stores has announced donations of $219,500 among 21 charities throughout the communities they serve in Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; Hagerstown, Maryland; and Richmond, Virginia. The donations are part of...

HYBLA VALLEY, VA — A community in the Richmond Highway will be preserved as affordable housing through a $2 million Amazon gift to Good Shepherd Housing. Good Shepherd Housing, a Richmond Highway corridor nonprofit, was selected to receive the gift to keep the 18...