On April 30, 2010, Governor McDonnell issued Executive Order 10, which established Virginia’s first executive housing policy framework. The Governor’s framework will guide the development of a statewide housing policy that will be announced in the fall. As chair of the Housing Policy Advisory Committee, I am requesting your ideas.
The Governor's housing policy will address homelessness and affordable housing, as well as workforce housing, economic development, healthy neighborhoods, effective coordination with transportation, environmental issues and other housing related opportunities. The housing policy is being developed under my leadership as chair of the Housing Policy Work Group and Housing Policy Advisory Committee.
The Housing Policy Work Group held its first meeting on June 17. We are now seeking input in the form of suggestions for addressing critical housing issues. Broad policy areas, initially identified by the Virginia Housing Commission in 2006, provided the initial structure for soliciting comments. The Housing Policy Work Group identified several questions under each policy area that they would like you to address.
Your comments should be entered no later than July 9, 2010 to ensure consideration. Comments received after July 9, 2010 may not be included in the summary report. We anticipate meeting with the Housing Policy Work Group and Advisory Committee soon after the end of the comment period to review the input and determine next steps.
Please scroll down the page and you will find quick links with instructions. Thank you in advance for taking the time to offer your suggestions.
Sincerely,
Bob Sledd
Senior Economic Advisor to Governor McDonnell
Instructions
Click on any of the four topic areas below to submit your comments to the Housing Policy Advisory Committee. The links will take you to a web form where you will have the opportunity to respond to a series of questions about the topic. The last question in each section provides you with space to point to issues not covered in the questions asked. Once you have finished responding hit the submit button on the bottom of the form (you will be prompted to enter two words that will appear on your screen to verify submission). Once you have verified submission, you will return to this home page where you can comment on another topic area.
