(RECAP: Nearly one-fourth of the nation’s most rural counties have seen a sizeable increase this decade in the number of households spending at least half their income on housing, a category the federal government calls “severely cost-burdened.” Norton, Virginia, a town at the heart of Appalachian coal country with a population of 3,936, saw its cost-burdened population soar to 22 percent from 12 percent in Stateline’s analysis, one of the largest increases.)
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(RECAP: After some twists and turns, the stage is set for Powhatan Terrace to add to James City County’s stock of affordable rental housing. Housing Partnerships, a York-based social services nonprofit, wants to build the 36-unit development of townhouses with tax credits from the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.)
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(RECAP: Roanoke City Council voted Monday evening to authorize TAP to function as a land bank for the city. Land backs are able to help a locality with addressing vacant, abandoned, or tax-delinquent properties. TAP plans to work with other non-profits, such as Habitat for Humanity and Renovation Alliance, to help fix vacant properties throughout Roanoke.)
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