The City is working on a longer term plan, but shelter staff say they see more immediate need than ever.
Category: Our neighborhoods
We cover the physical landscapes of Charlottesville and surrounding counties and how things change. We help you understand how history has shaped our city, and how our choices today will affect the future.
How one family owned and ran the largest Black-owned farm in Albemarle County — for generations
Philip Cobbs tells the story of his family’s land, and the remarkable ancestors who were determined that their legacy would be equality.
Learn more about the Albemarle County farm at Buck Island with Philip Cobbs
Cobbs will present his work to uncover his family’s history on April 23 at the Northside Library on Rio Road.
In a scathing rebuttal, Charlottesville attorneys say plaintiffs ‘concocted technical faults’ in their lawsuit seeking to overthrow the new zoning ordinance
“The Plaintiffs already have that which they now seek to deny others — good, affordable housing in a desirable locality,” the city wrote. “To do so, the Plaintiffs, having lost at City Council and at the ballot box, seek a judicial veto of the City’s zoning ordinance changes.”
More than 1,000 gather to press county supervisors to invest — heavily — in affordable housing
“For people of all ages to have a stake, to have a place to rent or to own, is absolutely astonishingly challenging,” County Supervisor Ann Mallek said. “Albemarle County needs to up our game.”
Charlottesville residents join lawmakers in asking Gov. Youngkin to sign flurry of tenants rights bills
“If he hears from people all over the state, maybe he’ll listen,” said former Charlottesville City Councilor Kristin Szakos.
It was once his family’s farm — the largest Black-owned farm in Albemarle County — but now we all own part of it
Philip Cobbs tells the story of his birthplace, and why we should all know its history.
At $1,500 per year per household, Charlottesville’s rental assistance for seniors and people with disabilities isn’t enough, say city officials
“We want people to be able to live and work in the city, and not have to live out in the hinterlands and drive in. It’s really as simple as that,” said Commissioner of the Revenue Todd Divers.
Charlottesville City Council votes 5-0 to purchase Belmont properties for possible shelter, housing project
City Manager Sam Sanders said next steps will include a study on community needs, including shelter beds and homeless services, and other opportunities for the space.
As chronic homelessness rises in the Charlottesville area, one type of housing that can help has been delayed because of rising construction costs
Rising construction costs have meant Virginia Supportive Housing has had to find more funding, and likely won’t be able to allow people to move into Premier Circle for two years.