Look Back 2025 #5: The year in affordable housing interventions
There are many calls for local government investment in housing and this article seeks to track the potential projects
Housing
Read More
One PHA project on Park Street subject to regulatory review due to wetlands, another found to have no significant impact
Many steps are required to bring a potential residential development from an idea to a space where people can live.
Charlottesville City Council briefed on potential new areas of spending on housing
Among potential new items for spending is an additional $3 million for Piedmont Housing Alliance to ensure Kindlewood comes in at a total of 425 units
Charlottesville Planning Commission seeks some changes to city’s five year CIP
City Manager Sam Sanders will present his budget for FY27 in early March
Application window closing this week for Charlottesville Affordable Housing Fund
The CAHF is one of several pools of money available for affordable housing.
Plans filed to convert Holiday Inn on Emmet Street 191-unit apartment complex
The project would be called “The Palms”
City Council ends consideration of anti-camping ordinance after pushback from homeless advocates
Groups that provide services to homeless people are asking for the city to provide three designated area where people can camp
Charlottesville seeks housing projects for potential future funding
The city seeks the information to get a sense of who wants to build affordable housing projects
Charlottesville City Council briefed on current state of affordable housing
The March 2021 Affordable Housing Plan set set a goal of allocating at least $10 million a year toward the issue
Albemarle Supervisors vote to add another $1 million to affordable housing fund, $200,000 to emergency fund in FY2026 budget
The decision was made at the April 7, 2025 budget work session