Amber Styles<p>MWCOG is finalizing its Regional Housing Equity Plan, which encourages <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ADUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ADUs</span></a> &amp; free bus transit for low-income residents, but not the data collection and down payment assistance that <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Loudoun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Loudoun</span></a> reps pushed for.</p><p>“There are so many people who are in rental spaces right now who’ve been in rental spaces for 10, 15, 20 years, and while a low interest loan is helpful to them, what they really need is a closing cost and down payment program,” said Loudoun Chair Phyllis Randall.</p><p><a href="https://www.loudounnow.com/news/loudoun/washington-regional-council-of-governments-promotes-fair-housing-plan/article_1ff6d0e6-6f4c-11ed-8165-6fe02bb5a8fc.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">loudounnow.com/news/loudoun/wa</span><span class="invisible">shington-regional-council-of-governments-promotes-fair-housing-plan/article_1ff6d0e6-6f4c-11ed-8165-6fe02bb5a8fc.html</span></a></p>