Sustainability plan lays out vision for a future with market-rate units on CRHA properties
A summary of what’s happening at today’s work session of the Charlottesville City Council
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Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority to welcome new members
The seven-member Board of Commissioners for the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority will meet at 6 p.m. in City Space. The meeting can be observed via Zoom. (agenda on cvillepedia) The meeting begins with an introduction to the two new Commissioners. Council appointed Alice Washington and Javier Raudales to two open seats in July. They will…
Council appoints two to public housing body
The governing body of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority is now back at full-strength. Charlottesville City Council has appointed Alice Washington and Javier Raudales to two vacancies on the Board of Commissioners. Members of the CRHA Board also serve as members of the board for the nonprofit Charlottesville Community Development Corporation. According to the…
City Council poised to authorize funding for CRHA to purchase Fry’s Spring property
Charlottesville City Council has agreed once more to redirect funding to help the separate public housing agency purchase property for the purpose of retaining affordable units. This is the third time that Council has agreed to use funding budgeted to bolster federal housing voucher programs to pay for the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority to…
Council agrees to $5 million in funds to CRHA to purchase 74 units across Charlottesville
Charlottesville has voted to agree to provide $5 million for the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority to use as part of their loan to purchase several dozen apartment units throughout the city. “This is a $10 million acquisition of 74 units referred to as the Dogwood Portfolio which is a naturally occurring affordable housing set…
Council holds first reading of Dogwood Properties purchase
Tonight Council will take up the second reading of a plan to give $5 million to the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority to acquire a large amount of housing that is currently rented to people with incomes much lower than the area median income. The purchase price for the units currently owned by Woodard Properties…
Council updated on CRHA’s sustainability plan
There’s a lot of activity happening at the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority as new housing units come on line and as the entity prepares to continue purchasing new properties. To guide the efforts, the agency hired a firm to help draft a sustainability plan. (view the presentation) “It was a large process undertaking where we…
Council appoints former Councilor Bellamy and another to CRHA Board
The Board of Commissioners for the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority finally has seven members again. Last night, Charlottesville City Council appointed former City Councilor Wes Bellamy and Airea Garland to the body which oversees operations of an agency that has seen much activity in recent years. This will be the second time Bellamy will serve on…
CRHA purchases two duplexes on Coleman Street
The entity that operates the city’s public housing sites has acquired its first new property in many years. The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority has paid $675,000 for two parcels on Coleman Street. “They’re two duplex, brick duplex units, currently renting for between $650 and $850 a month,” said John Sales, the CRHA’s executive director….
Council reappoints member to Charlottesville public housing board
The Charlottesville City Council has reappointed Laura Goldblatt to a term on the Board of Commissioners for the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority. The body was created in 1954 after a referendum narrowly passed that spring, and oversaw the razing of Vinegar Hill and the creation of public housing units across the city as part of…