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Healthy Places
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/healthy-places/…of a community; and Providing fair access to livelihood, education, and resources. A lot of these goals are achieved by a fairly simple change that all of us can make:…
Renaming and Brand Development RFP
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/kindlewood/renaming-and-brand-development-rfp/…environmental graphics. 2. If easily available, who are the key partners/stakeholders for decision-making in the project? Members of the Friendship Court Advisory Committee (FCAC), Piedmont Housing Alliance’s Executive Director, staff,…
Accessibility Grants
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/education-and-resources/accessibility-grants/VHDA Accessibility Modification Grants Piedmont Housing Alliance is now serving as an agent on behalf of Virginia Housing and Development Authority (VHDA) to implement the Rental Unit Accessibility Modification (RUAM),…
What's so scary about home buying?
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/whats-so-scary-about-home-buying/Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting the Bost Family. Mom, Dad and the three kids were settling into their new home in Crozet, VA. With Piedmont Housing’s assistance,…
Feeling the Love at Friendship Court
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/feeling-the-love/…place to live. As a non-profit, Piedmont Housing competes for charitable dollars. We’re in “fundraising season” right now, the time when more than 90% of the charitable gifts are made…
The "New" American Dream
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/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…
Get your fresh organic tortillas here-- in Charlottesville?
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/get-fresh-organic-tortillas-charlottesville/Believe it or not, the greater Charlottesville area is home to a tortilla factory that uses local ingredients to make fresh, organic corn tortillas. Piedmont Housing Alliance knows about this…
Are Affordable Rentals A Thing of the Past?
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/affordable-rentals-thing-past/…of their income for housing. And the figures get worse–more than one quarter (27%) of renters are paying more than 50% of their income for housing. All those percentages translate…
Energy Efficiency Translates to Big Savings
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/energy-efficiency-translates-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…
Access to High Performing Schools Aids Low-Income Children
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/access-high-performing-schools-aids-low-income-children/Lack of housing security ca n mean that families move and change schools, and this can create educational stress. But a recent study focused on greater housing mobility indicates that…