The American (bad)Dream
The MacArthur Foundation keeps tabs on housing issues through research, including its annual “How Housing Matters” survey. The results from the 2015 survey are not encouraging, to say the least….
News
May the Force be With Affordable Housing
Star War’s creator George Lucas has made news for decades, with his successful movies, his Skywalker studio, his Edutopia website and his general reticence to be the focus of news…
Never again
Those of us in the Charlottesville affordable housing sector work in the shadow of a project from the age of “urban renewal.” The destruction of the Vinegar Hill neighborhood haunts…
She’s the Top
Last year, at the recommendation of some of our funders, Piedmont Housing started collecting client survey data. We had tried to get client feedback by mailing out surveys, but they…
We’re Pros at Promoting Home Ownership
A central role that Piedmont Housing Alliance plays in our community is promoting home ownership. Since our founding, we have assisted more than 825 families to become first-time home buyers. …
I’ll have fries with that
I’ve become Facebook friends with a number of folks who still live in the Washington DC suburb where I attended high school, and some of them are bemoaning the loss…