Housing crisis in Hampton Roads impacts businesses in Chesapeake [Video]

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — The cost of housing is high across the country and in Hampton Roads. On Monday evening, the Chesapeake Alliance‘s Housing Task Force hosted Housing on Tap at Big Ugly Brewing in Chesapeake. 

Business leaders who attended the event said the area’s housing cost impacts employees. 

“I have employees at the Humane Society that live in North Carolina and make that commute up because they cannot afford to live here in Chesapeake,” said Lacy Shirey, executive director of the Chesapeake Humane Society.

Others with businesses in the area said they are experiencing the same issues with their employees. 

“One of our biggest issues is we have a lot of associates that are not able to make it on time because of the traffic, of not being able to live in this …