Plan or program · on the record since 2026

Minimum scoring threshold

The minimum scoring threshold is a policy element under development for the Falls Church Housing Trust Fund (HTF) application process.

Project

Beacon Landing

in progress

Beacon Landing is a 54-unit supportive affordable housing development in the city, developed in partnership by Wesley Housing and the Lamb Center. The project drew on 23 separate financing sources, including a $700,000 gap financing investment from the city's Housing Trust Fund in February 2023 — a critical contribution that enabled the project to assemble its full financing stack.

Jun 1, 2026Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 4
Housing Trust Fund, Process & Application Review
The concept of a minimum application score threshold was discussed; Virginia DHCD's threshold of 60 was cited as a reference point for evaluating a local threshold.
passedMotion to proceed with the Housing Program Manager incorporating suggested changes into the Housing Trust Fund Guidelines, Application, and Scoring Tool and presenting to the Council on July 14, 2026.
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Other mentions

Apr 15, 2026Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 2
Continue to Review Draft Policies and Procedures
Members agreed to establish a baseline score that applications must meet to be considered for Housing Trust Fund funding.
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May 20, 2026Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 2
Continue to Review Draft Policies and Procedures
The concept of establishing a minimum application score was discussed; it was noted that Virginia DHCD uses a minimum threshold score of 60, and the existing Scoring Tool should be evaluated as a potential basis for a local threshold.
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Jun 17, 2026Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 2
Continue to Review Draft Policies and Procedures
The team discussed whether additional eligibility criteria or disqualification thresholds should be established for low-scoring categories, ultimately concluding that existing proposed language provides sufficient flexibility and additional thresholds are unnecessary.
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In full

Beginning in April 2026, the HHCAB Housing Trust Fund Strategy Team agreed to establish a baseline score that applications must meet to be eligible for funding consideration. At the May 20, 2026 committee meeting, Virginia DHCD's threshold of 60 was cited as a reference point, and the existing Scoring Tool was identified as a potential basis for setting a local equivalent. The same reference to DHCD's 60-point threshold was repeated at the June 1, 2026 full HHCAB meeting, which unanimously passed a motion directing the Housing Program Manager to incorporate suggested changes and present the HTF Guidelines, Application, and Scoring Tool to City Council on July 14, 2026.

At the June 17, 2026 committee meeting, the team addressed a related but narrower question — whether additional disqualification thresholds should apply to individual low-scoring categories — and concluded that existing proposed language reserving the City's right to consider additional factors provides sufficient flexibility, making such category-level thresholds unnecessary. The overall minimum aggregate score threshold itself has not yet been formally set.