https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/va-bill-seeks-to-ease-regulations-for-faith-based-affordable-housing/4023153/ “Right now essentially we have a lot of zoning that says housing is illegal” #housing #zoning #Virginia #VALeg #YIGBY #FaithInHousing #shortage #inflation #homelessness

Affordable housing; religious organizations and other tax-exempt properties. (SB 1351 https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1351 ) has been sent to the Committee on Local Government. Those members are listed here https://lis.virginia.gov/session-details/20251/committee-information/S07/committee-details #FaithinHousing #YIGBY

https://www.wvtf.org/news/2025-01-05/report-virginias-faith-communities-want-to-build-affordable-housing-and-they-have-plenty-of-land-to-do-so-but-it-aint-easy “So many times the barriers we have in place are bureaucratic, it takes a while to get through those and the legal process” #virginia #FaithinHousing #zoning #housing #shortage #inflation #YIGBY