While there are no immediate plans to redevelop the city’s public housing sites, officials with the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority are working with the Public Housing Association of Residents and the City Council to prepare for the future. “We’re moving in the right direction, but it just requires so much in terms of just […]
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At local forum, experts talk mixed-income housing
Ways to mitigate effects of gentrification discussed As Charlottesville officials, residents and developers wrestle with how to build more affordable homes for the city’s poorest residents, the local branch of a national land-use think tank held a forum last week to highlight one potential solution. “One of the many tools at our disposal for […]
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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 […]
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City Council meets with housing authority to discuss mutual goals
As Charlottesville’s public housing agency settles in under a new executive director, the City Council held a work session Monday to get acquainted with the body whose members they appoint to oversee its management. “We have several new members of City Council and several new members of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority,” said Mayor […]
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Charlottesville not on track to meet affordable housing goal
A Charlottesville housing expert told the City Council recently that a goal adopted in 2010 to increase the number of affordable homes may be unrealistic due to factors such as the high cost of land. “The 2025 housing goal of having 15 percent supported affordable housing units is a great aspirational goal but it presents […]
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Work underway to connect Pollocks Branch to city trails
Charlottesville’s Strategic Investment Area plan recommends development of a greenway along Pollocks Branch, a tributary of Moores Creek, much of which currently either runs through an underground pipe or is hidden from view. While no plan has been established to “daylight” the stream as it flows underneath Friendship Court and the Ix property, a crew […]
