Over 20% of the city of Charlottesville lives in poverty — which has been true for the past three decades, according to the U.S. Economic Development Administration.
Author Archives: Sunshine Mathon
Sunshine Mathon is the executive director of Piedmont Housing Alliance in Charlottesville, Virginia. Committed to supporting locally-responsive, climate-resilient communities, he has led the development of over 1,300 healthy, efficient homes in Texas and Virginia. As a nationally-recognized leader at the intersection of community-centered housing development and economic reinvestment, Mathon has consulted with a wide variety of local and national housing intermediaries. He holds a Masters in Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Physics from Bates College.
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Commentary/Opinion: We have solutions to the housing crisis. We need the political will to invest in them.
Like no time before, the past 18 months have shown us all just how important our homes are. Speaking from personal experience, I’ve spent more time at home during the course of the pandemic than in the past 20 years combined, or so it seems. The stability and security that my home has provided my […]
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Community Commentary/Opinion: COVID-19 shows our collective, interwoven condition
If nothing else, the last month of economic and social turmoil has revealed at least four things for me and my family. The first realization is we are all interconnected in ways that I didn’t fully appreciate before. The bonds weren’t invisible, yet I can look back and see how I still took them for […]
