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Affordable housing is
worth talking about
ast Wednesday evening a group of concerned citizens
met at the Rappahannock County Public Library.
There was lots of data presented from the Rappahannock Community Housing Partnership by local resident Chris Moyles who works with the Fauquier Housing Corporation. Moyles is a graduate of Rappahannock County High School and a resident here.
Whether you call it “affordable,” “work force" or as Chris likes to refer to it as “sustainable” housing, it doesn’t exist in Rappahannock for many people who work in the county.
We’re not talking about creating ghettos or building high rise apartment complexes to house those on the edge. Without anyone there implicitly saying that, it’s a fear that strikes in the hearts of those living here.
Whenever discussions start about providing housing for folks that can’t afford the average price of a home in Rappahannock, which according to their statistics sits somewhere around $600,OCX) for 2005-06, folks cringe thinking that the gates will be opened for low income housing which is simply not the case at all. By most standards, $600,000 is sticker shock for most.
What everyone at that meeting agreed with is that the county lacks housing, whether to buy or rent, that fits the budget of most teachers, deputies, nurses, office and construction workers.
Think about attending the next meeting which will be held Monday, March 26, at the SchoolHouse in Sperryville starting at 7 p.m. Affordable housing and making it happen in Rappahannock County is worth talking about
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