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Virginia Beach forum spotlights land limits, transit gaps and a state study on rent‑increase limits
Summary
Panelists at a Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission forum on affordable housing urged a mix of development incentives, zoning changes and transit investments, and described a coalition pushing a state study of limits on steep rent increases.
Beatrice Zamberman, chair of the forums committee for the Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission, opened a community forum on affordable housing that brought together legal advocates, a city housing official, a regional transit planner and a private developer to discuss barriers and near‑term options for stabilizing housing costs.
The panel framed the problem as a mix of constrained land supply, rising construction and financing costs, and zoning and transportation patterns that make housing less accessible. “In Virginia Beach, we have about 62,000 households; a third of our households are cost‑burdened,” said Sharon Shoff, housing development manager for the city’s Department of Housing and Neighborhood Preservation, citing the city’s housing study and urging broader public engagement in planning and rezoning discussions.
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