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Reworked rules meant to permit short-term home rentals in Richmond while preserving the city’s available housing stock are heading to City Council for potential adoption Monday.
Maritza Pechin, whose various roles have included guiding the Diamond District project, is departing City Hall this Friday to take a job with the USDOT’s Build America Bureau.
While intended to keep outside developers from buying up housing stock and raising housing and rent prices, the clause has stirred up issues regarding enforcement, infrastructure and property owner rights with many fearing local business owners are being left behind.
The years-in-the-making project from developers Michael Hallmark and Susan Eastridge was OK’d at Monday's meeting and now goes to City Council for a deciding vote.