HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger unveiled her plans to make housing more affordable and accessible throughout Virginia while in Henrico County on Friday.
“No matter where I travel, whether I’m in the City of Richmond or Richmond County, or Radford, or Roanoke, or Hampton Roads, I hear about the high cost of housing,” Spanberger said.
The Democratic nominee for governor said that it starts with investing in ways to increase Virginia’s housing supply.
We have to incentivize new construction of housing in Virginia that is attainable to first-time homeowners and middle-class families,” Spanberger explained.
Spanberger added that reducing regulations is also key.
“These are arduous regulatory requirements that drive up production costs without improving