A Fairfax County audit released Tuesday found that the county paid nearly $1.5 million in condominium and association fees for its affordable- housing units last year. A separate report, also released Tuesday by a local conservative think tank, criticized the county for subsidizing a handful of homes and apartments for below-market rates in developments where units sell for upward of $500,000 and include amenities like community swimming pools.

Together the reports sparked a politicized debate among Fairfax supervisors over the county’s priorities concerning housing for its poor and working-class residents.