Tactics vary, but goal is making more housing affordable for more people in Williamsburg area

Examples include a nonprofit senior-living facility, community land trusts, aging-in-place initiatives, home mortgage assistance and hotel conversions

A townhouse community is under construction in James City County by Wayne Harbin Builder, which recently informed the Board of Supervisors that many of the units will be sold for less than market rates. In a partnership with nonprofit Bay Aging, the developer will also build a senior living facility on adjacent land. Each unit will be set aside for resi…