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The Voice of Experience

We at Piedmont Housing Alliance are justifiable proud of our counseling staff.  Named last year as Agency of the Year by the Virginia Association of Housing Counselors, our amazing team…

Peace of Mind

When 50-something Robert and his wife moved to Charlottesville several years ago for his new job, they purchased a new home and began to get established in their new community. …

Homes for the Homeless

In September of this year, the New Yorker columnist James Surowiecki chronicled the success of a program in Utah to address chronic homelessness in his column, Home Free? With a…

The Gifts of the Season

Admit it, even with all the anxiety that surrounds the process, giving and receiving gifts at this time of year can be fun. Receiving something you have been wanting, or…

The “New” American Dream

The MacArthur Foundation’s “Housing Matters” campaign has created a short video,  “The New American Dream.”  Some of you will recognize it as the old American dream–home ownership–but as the video…

Feeling the Love at Friendship Court

As long as I live in Charlottesville, I will never fail to be moved by the generosity of the people in this area.  Year after year, they support the many…