Two steps forward, one step back for housing in Virginia (opens in new tab)

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger won a landslide election last year, with a campaign laser-focused on improving affordability. Her Democratic trifecta and the commonwealth’s mounting challenges with housing supply and high costs left her with a mandate to act. The General Assembly passed some important housing bills this session, but rather than accepting what they sent her, Governor Spanberger took the opportunity to water down some of the reforms they advanced. The housing package does ...