(RECAP: A new bill seeks to expand the Housing Credit by 50 percent and provide new incentives that would allow affordable housing developers to better serve the lowest income families with the greatest needs, including those who are homeless. Bill S.2962 would also prohibit states from requiring local approvals for Housing Credit projects.)
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(RECAP: Botetourt County Leaders hosted a housing summit Monday, bringing all the pieces of development under one roof. This comes after a recent report shows a home shortfall looming on the horizon. The summit was designed to prime the pump of housing development in the area. “The largest thing we’re looking at is the opportunity of multi-family out here right now, there seems to be a dire need for it and we’re looking to help out and help the community get what they need,” Turner Long Construction President and CEO Boyd Long said.)
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(RECAP: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials heard an earful from North Richmond residents on Monday evening, who lobbed intense criticisms, frustrations and questions about a plotted development in the Ginter Park neighborhood. More than 150 people appeared for a public forum held by HUD, which is weighing a financing application submitted for a plotted 301-unit apartment community called Canopy at Ginter Park on what is currently 15 acres of green space that is part of the so-called Westwood tract.)
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