these home builders took their chance at the officers of state senators jim webb an d mark warner Monday morning, all in an effort to get a housing stimulus package included in the 2009 American recovery and reinvestment act. If the bill passes with it, it could potentially give any home buyer a tax credit between 10,000 and $22,000. The buyer would get the money at the time of closing, and it would not have to be repaid. The credit would be available from the end of June until the end of the year. We want our lively hoods to continue. We want to be able to hire our employees back. We want the economy to be vibrant and to continue to grow, and it can only happen fixing housing first. In richmond, 4,000 fewer homes sold in 2008 compared to 2007, and realtors say 2009 may be even worse. Many clients are just too timid to buy, and the insent itches on the table right I nSeptember I was on the table right now aren't work. Some lawmakers believe the version the house passed has too much spending in it. New at six, why some say passing the stimulus package could jump-start the entire economy. Beth danziger, NBC 12 news. New at five, base hit for developers wanting to build a news baseball stadium in richmond's shockoe bottom. A house finance committee approved a bill today that would ao lieu developers to finance allow develers to finance the project with a portion of sales tax generated by the stadium and development around it.
