Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority work session tonight

The Board of Commissioners for the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority had been scheduled to meet tonight at 6 p.m. in City Council Chambers for a work session but the meeting was canceled in the later afternoon.

While the agenda had not been posted online, this newsletter is on the email list for meeting materials.

There had been only two items on the agenda. One is a closed session on “property acquisition and disposition of property.”

There’s no staff report but I have written about many transactions in recent years.

In recent years:

• The CRHA purchased two duplexes on Coleman Street in the Locust Grove neighborhood in late summer 2022. (read a story)
• Council agreed to contribute $5 million to CRHA to purchase 74 units known as the “Dogwood portfolio” from Woodard Properties who had purchased them from the late Eugene Williams. Full purchase price was $10 million and the city still owns half an interest. (read a story)
• CRHA sold 405 Avon Street to the City of Charlottesville in early 2024 for $4 million. CRHA continues to use the property and may one day still be involved with redevelopment. (read a story)
• CRHA purchased 310 East Main Street in early 2024 for $2.65 million for a potential headquarters. Permits have been issued for asbestos abatement. (read a story)
• In March 2025, CRHA officials asked to sell a property on Harris Street that was acquired as part of the Dogwood Portfolio. CRHA opted not to sell at that time. (read a story)
• CRHA purchased 407 Harris Street and two properties on Fifth Street SW in Fifeville in the fall of 2024 (read the story or read this one or maybe even this one)

The other item is an update on the CRHA’s eviction diversion plan.

“They’ve implemented a new anti eviction policy to try to really intensively work with residents who are behind on rent to get them on payment plans, figure out what is the source of non-payment of rent,” said City Council Michael Payne at the June 10, 2026 work session.

Payne is the City Councilor who sits on the CRHA Board. There are currently two vacancies on the board as listed on the city’s Boards and Commissions site. The CRHA site itself is out of date.

The CRHA’s May 25 regular meeting was also canceled.

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