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City’s lobbying consultants present draft 2026 legislative agenda emphasizing housing, schools and infrastructure
Summary
The council’s legislative consultants outlined a draft package for the 2026 Virginia General Assembly that highlights housing affordability, school construction financing, water and sewer funding requests, and related policy positions; council members asked for additions and clarifications before the delegation summit.
Devon Cabot of 2 Capitals Consulting presented a draft legislative agenda to the Richmond City Council Organizational Development Standing Committee on Oct. 6, outlining top policy priorities and budget requests the city plans to pursue before the 2026 Virginia General Assembly.
Cabot said consultants have spent about 35 days meeting with council members and staff and condensed priorities into five proposed top legislative items: streamlining religious organizations’ ability to build affordable housing (often described as “Yes in God’s Backyard”), anti‑rent‑gouging authority for local ordinance, continued study of a long‑term owner‑occupancy program (LOOP), restoration of financing and bonding authority for public facilities tied to local sales and use tax, and a school construction proposal that would enable a local referendum for a 1 percent sales tax increase to fund school modernization.
Cabot described…
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