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Statewide housing targets; requires localities to increase their total housing stock.

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

VA SB 975 · Senate Bill · 2025

Stage
Session ended
Started in
Senate
Sponsor
Schuyler VanValkenburg
Latest action
Jan 20, 2025

Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Current step)

    Introduced · Jan 20, 2025

  2. Committee (Needs attention)

    The session ended first

  3. Floor (Not started)

  4. Law (Not started)

What it does

Statewide housing targets for localities. Requires localities to increase their total housing stock by at least 7.5 percent over the five-year period beginning January 1, 2026. The bill provides that in order to meet the 7.5 percent growth target, a locality shall develop a housing growth plan that best meets the needs of the locality and may include any of various listed housing growth strategies. The bill further provides that after January 1, 2031, an applicant who seeks local government approval for a residential development that will have the effect of increasing the supply of housing in a locality and has that application rejected may, in addition to other remedies, appeal such…

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