The Charlottesville City Council has committed nearly a quarter-million dollars toward helping the Thomas Jefferson Community Land Trust meet its goal of creating more affordable homes in one of Virginia’s hottest real estate markets. The council voted 3-2 at its meeting Monday night to spend $240,000 from the Charlottesville Affordable Housing Fund to allow the […]
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Single parent now homeowner thanks to land trust
An area teacher is celebrating six weeks of homeownership thanks to assistance provided by the Thomas Jefferson Community Land Trust. “Affordable housing in Charlottesville is not easily happening for a single parent,” said Paola Cristy, who moved into her own home on Forest Ridge Road just before Christmas after several years of looking for a […]
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Area land trust removing barriers to homeownership
A Charlottesville nonprofit corporation is working to create affordable homeownership opportunities in the area as real estate values continue to rise. The Thomas Jefferson Community Land Trust held an open house earlier this week at CitySpace to raise awareness of the organization among local government officials, real estate professionals and other members of the community. […]
