On the Road to Financial Capability in Nelson County
Our Housing Counselor Shelley Murphy will be putting the miles on her trusty car over the next five weeks as she drives from her Fluvanna Country home past Charlottesville and…
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Throwback Thursday: Back to Crozet
It was ten years ago this month that Piedmont Housing was taking photos to measure progress on its renovation of Crozet Meadows. In Crozet, just a half a mile from…
Another Barrier to College: Housing
Student debt is made up of more than just tuition and fees. High housing costs are getting in the way of education–so much so that more than 50,000 college students…
Efficiency Merging with Affordability
Energy efficiency has become an integral element in the building of homes, including many of those built to meet the need for more homes that are affordable to low-wage workers. …
Nelson County Entrepreneurs Helped by VIDA Program
In the 1970s, I borrowed $2,500 from my dad to buy a soybean grinder, the equipment I needed to expand my tofu company. I had been making it in my…
The 50% Solution
Reading along in yet another study about creating opportunities to help people escape generational poverty, this one by the highly respected folks at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, I was…