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New law makes it easier to turn vacant houses into low-income housing
07/01/2014 10:39 AM by John M
Jack Thompson, Habitat vice president of construction and land acquisition, said he and other nonprofit housing representatives met with city officials on North 35th Street to discuss options for renovating blighted, vacant houses around Richmond.
“We were standing here trying to figure out what we could do with all of these tax delinquent properties,” Thompson said. “How are we going to do it so we can afford it?”
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe ceremonially signed it into law June 13 at the construction site of Habitat’s Church Hill house.
Maybe the Governor was reading the CHPN string about vacant, tax-delinquent properties? 🙂
But for regular folks trying to build, they make it as difficult as possible
The Mayor, in his Feb 24th Newsletter, Stated “My Administration is committed to ensuring we are business and development Friendly.” Well, After a meeting with William Davidson, PDR , on getting a permit for two new homes, I was threatened, he put fist knuckles on the desk, leaned over and told me “If I am so much as 1/100th of an inch off, I will see you never get a CO. and you will never get a permit.” I don’t find that very friendly at all.
Parked in front of city hall waiting for building permit
#3 The Mayor is comitted to ensuring that Salomonsky gets what he wants. That’s his idea of business and development friendly.
You are a small fry, so you have no such commitment / rights. Have you heard rhe recording where Salamonsky says that Richmond is full of getto people makinf $40.00 or $50.00 thousand a year and we need people with larger incomes? I am dumbfounded that that statement didn’t cause more of a discussion / outrage.
@#3 Surely there is more to your story than power-mad government employees threatening innocent, doe-eyed citizens…
#3 – I think that’s Davidson’s modus operandi. Have had the same sort of behavior from him: aggression and not-so-veiled threats. Can’t lay it all on his desk though as he’s mirroring what’s coming out of the mayor’s office.
Seems every time I go to the permit office it takes an hour and 2 minutes…just enough time to sprint outside and see the meter maid slapping a ticket on my windshield. Ha sorry just had to vent.