Inclusionary housing; zoning.
Summary
Inclusionary housing; zoning. Requirescities and towns in the Commonwealth to develop and promulgate housingplans that address the supply of safe, sanitary, and affordable shelter for all current and anticipated residents of their communities.Such plans must connect economic development efforts that bring newjobs to the supply of safe, sanitary, and affordable shelter for allwho will fill those jobs; the location of housing and the locationof mobility resources; and the availability of accredited high-quality affordable education, parks, indoor and outdoor recreation, libraries,health care, and healthy living resources, including the availabilityof fresh food. Such housing plans shall be reviewed and revised no less frequently than every five years. Cities and towns that promulgatea housing plan may create, implement, and enforce inclusionary housingprograms applicable to new housing development and conversions ofpreviously nonresidential uses into residential uses. Counties utilizingthe urban county executive form of government (Fairfax County) orthe county manager plan of government (Arlington County) may alsofollow and use these provisions to provide inclusionary housing.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Feb 11, 2022
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5
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Committee
2
Jan 24, 2022
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
Jan 11, 2022
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
Jan 11, 2022
House of Delegates · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101004D
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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