Energy Efficiency Translates to Big Savings
Last year, Piedmont Housing won an a Sustainable Leadership award from EarthCraft Virginia for its retrofit of the Scottsville School. A recent study by Virginia Tech in collaboration with Housing…
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Each Foreclosure is a Crisis for Someone
In the wake of the recession’s impact on the American economy were many families left with homes under water (worth less than the amount of their remaining mortgage) or homes…
First HUD Secretary a Trail Blazer
Piedmont Housing Alliance is closely connected to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development or HUD. We receive some of our funding through HUD, and our counseling staff are…
Affordable Housing and Economics 101
The out-of-control rise in housing costs in major cities is leading to debates that are pitting affordable housing advocates against each other, often over issues of the best way to…
Tiny Houses Meet Needs, Budgets
When I purchased my 860 sq. ft. home last year, I entered the 1%–obviously not THAT 1%, but instead the 1% of the population that purchases homes of less than…
Time to Run
Judging from the view from my front porch on Locust Avenue this Sunday, a high percentage of the Charlottesville population was out for their first outdoor experience in a while. …