Charlottesville officials are grappling with new data on the need for affordable housing in the city. A housing needs assessment commissioned by the city estimates that the city currently needs 3,318 new affordable units. The Charlottesville Planning Commission and the Housing Advisory Committee met Tuesday to go over the numbers and consider next steps. “A […]
Tag: Housing Market
Posted inUncategorized
Apartment building to be built in Sunrise Park
Near the end of an eight-hour meeting last week, the Charlottesville Planning Commission approved a new apartment building in Sunrise Park. The building will complete the mixed-income plans that Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville originally drafted for the development. Sunrise Park currently includes 30 affordable units and 16 market-rate units. The new apartment building […]
Posted inUncategorized
City Council defers land bank decision to early June
On Monday night, City Council considered whether to establish a land bank corporation, a nonprofit entity that could buy and sell land to increase the number of affordable housing units in Charlottesville. After 40 minutes of presentation and discussion, City Council deferred the decision on the land bank corporation to a work session on June […]
Posted inUncategorized
Barred from affordable housing
Past criminal convictions can haunt those seeking to rent a home Dana Monroe is the primary caretaker for her uncle, who is disabled. Several years ago, her uncle’s health worsened and doctors decided to amputate one of his legs. Her uncle’s bedroom, however, was not on the ground floor. “At that time, he had to […]
Posted inUncategorized
Rental assistance program offers hope, as well as challenges
Gene Willey is a drywall contractor and a painter. The 57-year-old who goes by Pete has struggled to find consistent work ever since he had both knees replaced. These days, he rakes yards and picks up odd jobs to earn income. Willey recently became a participant in the Charlottesville Supplemental Rental Assistance program, which will […]
Posted inUncategorized
Land bank ordinance to go before Council
Charlottesville is one step closer to creating a land bank corporation intended to help increase the city’s affordable housing stock. On Tuesday, a subcommittee of the Housing Advisory Committee met to work out kinks in the ordinance that the City Council would need resolved to approve to create the entity. Some members of the subcommittee […]
Posted inUncategorized
Commission recommends denial of rezoning for Belmont apartments
The Charlottesville Planning Commission recommended Tuesday the denial of a rezoning on Carlton Avenue that would have allowed for six two-bedroom units. Commissioners Jody Lahendro and Kurt Keesecker were the two dissenting votes in the 4-2 decision on 1206 Carlton Avenue. Commissioner Corey Clayborne was absent. Commissioners said they were balancing the need to address […]
Posted inUncategorized
Almost quarter of regional jail inmates may have serious mental illness, study shows
Therapeutic court program kicks off in city, county Nearly a quarter of inmates at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail may have a serious mental illness, according to a recent study by a joint city-county policy team. “What this data suggests is that there are individuals who are cycling in and out of the jail, with their […]
Posted inUncategorized
Funding push made for public housing resident training program
Participants will learn construction, maintenance skills in new partnership If all goes according to plan, 20 units of affordable housing in Charlottesville that are currently uninhabitable due to disrepair will be brought back to life in a collaboration between two local nonprofits, the area’s community college and the city. At the same time, public housing […]
Posted inUncategorized
Western Albemarle tiny house hosts Hollymead’s aspiring architects
Students at Western Albemarle High School recently built a fully functioning tiny house — a 276-square-foot home designed for an individual or a couple. Last week, third-grade classes from Hollymead Elementary School squeezed inside to get inspiration for an even tinier building project. The Hollymead students are working in groups to build scale models of […]
