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Read the text of Senator Tim Kaine's bill, here:

https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-cosponsors-legislation-to-address-homelessness-mental-health-substance-use-crises

https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/warner-and-kaine-announce-over-555-million-in-federal-funding-to-improve-affordable-housing-in-virginia#:~:text=Warner%20and%20Kaine%20have%20long,homelessness%20assistance%20throughout%20the%20Commonwealth

This is so needed! Let's just hope from bill to execution the intentions remain....especially on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

"Faircloth Limit" Unit Counts - Section 9(g)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ("Faircloth Amendment") limits the construction of new public housing units. The Faircloth Amendment states that the Department cannot fund the construction or operation of new public housing units with Capital or Operating Funds if the construction of those units would result in a net increase in the number of units the PHA owned, assisted or operated as of October 1, 1999. This requirement is referred to as the “Faircloth Limit.” The Faircloth Limit is adjusted for PHA transfers of ACC units, consolidations, and RAD removals.

PHAs will not be funded for those units that exceed the Faircloth limit, and PHAs are responsible for reviewing the published Faircloth limits and notifying HUD if they believe their posted Faircloth Limit is in error.

To notify HUD of a possible error in the posted Faircloth Limit that may…

Study from 2003 in Turin Village, NYC, shows the broad panel of contaminants in water supply systems that professionals study in labs.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/toxic-waters/contaminants/ny/lewis/ny2402369-turin-village/index.html

PFAs, known to have bioaccumulative affects on humans and other living creatures on Earth, found in Turin, Italy water supply. Study from 2019.

www.mdpi.com

Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a huge class of Contaminants of Emerging Concern, well-known to be persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic. They have been detected in different environmental matrices, in wildlife and even in humans, with drinking water being considered as the main exposure route. Therefore, the present study focused on the estimation of PFAS in the Metropolitan Area of Turin, where SMAT (Società Metropolitana Acque Torino S.p.A.) is in charge of the management of the water cycle and the development of a tool for supporting “smart” water quality monitoring programs to address emerging pollutants’ assessments using multivariate spatial and statistical analysis tools. A new “green” analytical method was developed and validated in order to determine 16 different PFAS in drinking water with a direct injection to the Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography tandem Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) system and without any pretreatment step. The validation of this analytical method resulted in really low Quantification Limits (5 ng L−1), in satisfying recoveries (70%–102%) and in a good linearity (R2 = 0.99) for every compound. Among the results, only 4 compounds and only 6% of the samples showed a pollution level higher than the limits of and Quantification (LOQ). Finally, the correlation study between the assessment findings and the industrial sites which serve as potential sources of pollution in the monitored area was carried out.

https://richmond.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/biden-administration-first-limits-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-drinking-water/article_ca600df3-e152-542c-af1e-469122d0bf13.html

Some residents communicate concerns about certain poultry farm techniques and conditions and their impact on the surrounding environment.