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Subcommittee tables bill creating "affordable housing" zoning after equity concerns
Summary
HB 17 90, which would let localities designate parcels or districts with an affordable-housing zoning classification and delay effective date pending review by the Virginia Housing Commission, was laid on the table 5-3 with a request that the committee chair send a letter to the Virginia Housing Commission for study.
A House subcommittee voted 5-3 to lay on the table HB 17 90 after debate about potential unintended consequences, including concerns about redlining and residential segregation.
Delegate O'Rourke, the patron, proposed amendments that would allow localities to zone entire districts or individual parcels as "affordable housing" and added an enactment clause delaying…
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