House of Delegates gatekeepers on Thursday voted to give the green light to measures that speed the development of solar farms and affordable housing, despite a lot of talk from localities that “one-size-fits-all” legislation is a bad idea.
But the resistance from local governments to bills telling them what to do in their zoning and permitting decisions faded with a tweak that Del. Rae Cousins, D-Richmond, made to her House Bill 867 that aims at boosting housing for older Virginians who’ve been squeezed between fixed incomes and rising prices.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
