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Residents and advocates urge Richmond to use vacant city properties and follow Affordable Housing Trust Fund law
Summary
Speakers at the council meeting called for city stewardship of surplus properties and demanded enforcement of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund ordinance, saying Richmond has not followed the law and that redirected funds have worsened housing instability.
Several residents and housing advocates used the council’s public-comment period to press Richmond to prioritize deeply affordable housing and to follow existing law on the city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Dr. Carl Vaughn, founder of Jumpstart U2, urged the city to repurpose the Norrell Annex (201 West Graham Street), recently quitclaimed by Richmond Public Schools, into community…
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