Does Federal Spending Subsidize Segregated Housing?
In her article in the Atlantic, “Where the White People Live,” writer Alana Semuels uses the city of Detroit and other urban centers to draw some stark pictures about the…
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Nature All Around Us
Dorothy White is an observer of nature. On her sojourns from her home at Piedmont Housing’s Meadowlands Apartment, she walks in the woods and wonders at the beauty around her. …
Great Ideas to Make Housing a Home
College students studying design are exposed to great ideas and design principles, but it can remain abstract. Four teams of students got the opportunity to put their ideas to the…
The Housing Crisis is Here, There and Everywhere
You’ve heard those of us in the non-profit housing biz in Charlottesville talk about our local crisis in housing that’s affordable. People in low-wage jobs are priced out of this…
Friendship Court Youth Team with Light House Studio to Produce Short Films about Community and Neighbors
Thanks to the great folks at Light House Studio who worked with youth at Friendship Court Apartments to produce four lively short films about their community and the neighbors that…
Tautologies for our Time
As many communities are learning, the best (and most cost-effective) way to address homelessness is, well, housing. And as several communities in the nation have learned by being just a…