(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: Attitudes about affordable housing are changing, from a necessary burden on the county to an essential tool in the county’s economic growth. The change in attitude, pointed out by Windy Hill Foundation Executive Director Kim Hart, is especially apparent in some county leaders’ preferred term: workforce housing. “For the first time, workforce housing is being seen as being connected to and vital to economic development,” Hart said.)

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(RECAP: A new form of proposed zoning has some in Charlottesville on edge, worried that it could be used to force out poorer residents. Nearly 200 people attended an information session last week at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center to learn about form-based code, a different type of zoning ordinance that focuses on a building’s size and style instead of its use. In 2012, about 3,000 people were living in the city’s Strategic Investment Area, with a median household income of $28,309. The current median income for the city is $84,100, according to the Virginia Housing Development Authority.)

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