The Charlottesville City Council agreed Monday to move forward with several steps to provide more affordable housing, including creation of a city-run rental assistance program to augment existing federal programs. “The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority is permitted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to administer up to 531 vouchers but we […]
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City planning commission again briefed on affordable housing issues
For the second time in six weeks, the Charlottesville Planning Commission has been briefed on ways to use local government funding to help increase the number of affordable units in the city. The city’s Housing Advisory Committee has been working to prioritize a list of recommendations made in early 2016 by the Robert Charles Lesser […]
A closer look at proposed $171.6 million budget for Charlottesville
Charlottesville City Council will be presented Monday with a $171.6 million operating and capital budget for the fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2017. That is a six percent increase over the current fiscal year. The budget reflects direction made by Council to increase the amount of funding available for affordable housing and to […]