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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Virginia House recently submitted a bill that will completely override local zoning to allow religious institutions to build a minimum of 40 affordable housing units per acre on land that religious institutions have owned for at least five years. The proponents of this bill have good intentions, but the actual policy implications of this bill will be disastrous. In effect, this law will severely restrict the ability of localities to plan local infrastructure and ensure sufficient levels of public safety services. In many areas of Virginia (especially rural areas), this will create significant problems by allowing population growth to greatly exceed the rate at which localities can build new schools and expand transportation infrastructure. This bill will negatively impact Virginia by severely limiting local authority to plan for growth, raising property taxes, increasing overcrowding in public schools, and damaging the environment by promoting urban sprawl. Please call your state representatives and the governor's office to prevent this bill from being passed. [/quote]

This is a way to screw suburban localities. Does anyone really think rural churches are building affordable housing on their lots? More likely would be suburban Episcopalian churches with lots of land and a commitment to social justice [/quote]

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