Here’s what zoning actually means — and what that does and doesn’t have to do with affordable housing.
Author Archives: Erin O'Hare
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Affordable mobile home parks are disappearing from Charlottesville — a new law may bring them back
“One thing that has never been that great in Charlottesville or Albemarle is, there are no places for people like me,” said Angela Durrer, a former mobile home park resident. “I don’t make that much money in a year, and even still, affordable housing over there, there is none.”
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City housing authority OKs $23 million in bonds to renovate Midway Manor
During a public hearing Monday night, the city housing authority voted to issue up to $23 million in revenue bonds to the new owner of Midway Manor, who has pledged to maintain the long-term affordability of the building’s 98 units. It won’t cost the city a dime.
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Midway Manor and its 98 affordable apartments has been sold and the new owner is asking Charlottesville for help securing $23 million for repairs
If the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority helps finance repairs with revenue bonds, it could also require the building to continue to be affordable. Community members and residents can express their views at a virtual public hearing on Monday at 6 p.m.
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Charlottesville officials have started work on the city’s massive rezoning project with the goal of increasing housing density
The city expects to finish a draft ordinance and begin soliciting public comment by April.
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Charlottesville’s IX Art Park is for sale
Two parcels are for sale for $84 million. They are home to some thriving local businesses and cultural happenings.
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Charlottesville buckles under winter weather, right? Yes. This is why.
The answer, local officials say, is simply that Charlottesville’s annual snowfall differs drastically from year to year.
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UVA wants to build affordable housing in Charlottesville. Want to tell them what you think? Here’s how.
The University of Virginia is asking for community input on what it should do with three potential sites for its Affordable Housing Initiative. But those who want to comment have to do it soon: UVA is collecting responses through Jan. 31.
Posted inHealth and safety
Power out? Here’s where you can get a charge, water or just warm up
While Dominion Energy says its crews are working around the clock, as of Thursday afternoon, more than 500 of its customers in Charlottesville, and more than 14,800 in Albemarle County, are still in the dark — and the cold.
Posted inGovernment and public institutions, Race and equity
Charlottesville’s Statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee will be melted down
Charlottesville City Council has voted to donate its statue of Robert E. Lee to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center. The vote came after midnight Tuesday during a meeting in which Council also opted to postpone its vote on the city’s remaining two removed statues — that of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson as […]
