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Housing advisory committee pitches framework to address affordability, proposes local incentives and land strategies
Summary
A year-old New Kent County Housing Advisory Committee presented a framework that catalogs housing needs, sets five policy goals and lists funding tools; committee members urged the county to identify parcels, consider tax incentives and pilot land‑trust or land-acquisition funds to build homes in a $125,000–$225,000 price band.
The New Kent County Housing Advisory Committee told the Planning Commission on Feb. 20 that it has compiled a housing framework intended to guide county action on affordability, senior housing, housing quality and new construction.
"My name is Andy Shine. I am the chairperson of your New Kent County Housing Advisory Committee," Shine said at the start of the presentation. Vice chairman Bill Dismalar and other committee members summarized more than a year of research, noting the group formed by resolution R-19-23 and that two citizens from each supervisor district plus county staff serve on the committee.
The committee outlined five policy goals: adopt tax incentives to encourage affordable development; increase local public investment in housing; prioritize affordable housing on county‑owned or surplus land; pilot a land acquisition fund; and support state initiatives and grants. Committee members proposed concrete tools including a…
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