Friendship Court girls get a great role model
After our successful Girls on the Run fall season at Friendship Court last year, Piedmont Housing decided that this program for pre-teen girls just had to continue. With the strong…
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Millennials win in population clash with boomers
According the the Washington Post, the Millennial Generation (starting with those born in 1997) will soon take over from the Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) as the most populous generation. As…
Dining Out for Good
One of Piedmont Housing’s partners in the community is the Blue Ridge Area Foodbank. The Foodbank supplies meals and snacks to the children at Friendship Court during summer and after…
What does LIHTC mean for our community?
The US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published a new study of the LIHTC program. LIHTC (“lie-tech”) which stands for “low income housing tax credit”, is a…
Magnet Fund for Affordable Housing
Piedmont Housing is our locality’s CDFI, which stands for “Community Development Financial Institution.” CDFI’s are a creation of the US Congress, which decided that traditional lending institutions were not meeting…
No free lunch, but plenty of free classes
Each February, Piedmont Housing Alliance starts its ten-month schedule of free monthly classes. On the first Wednesday of each month, our counseling staff is initiating our “Clash of Cash” series,…