Arlington Now, By Emily Leayman, March 25, 2026

VICPP’s Director of Faith Organizing, Sheila Herlihy Hennessee, is quoted in this article. She helped lead advocacy efforts on the Faith in Housing bill.

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Sheila Herlihy-Hennessee, director of faith organizing at the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, told ARLnow the legislation could incentivize developments with greater affordable housing percentages over ones with lower percentages, which would require more review. She compared it to doing a zoning code rewrite, where localities can choose the places where they would like more affordable housing and the densities for that development.