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What does LIHTC mean for our community?
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/lihtc-mean-community/The US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published a new study of the LIHTC program. LIHTC (“lie-tech”) which stands for “low income housing tax credit”, is a…
Another Barrier to College: Housing
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/another-barrier-to-college-housing/…students are homeless, according to this monograph by HUD, Barriers to Housing. The housing that has gone up on West Main Street in Charlottesville is aimed at the lucrative college…
1 in 4 families paying > than 50% for rent=??
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/1-in-4-families-paying-than-50-for-rent/…of whom are trying to make it on low wage jobs. While affordable housing is not the only response to this problem, it is the response of Piedmont Housing Alliance….
Is Housing Health Care?
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/is-housing-health-care/The shelter that it provides is the first health benefit of housing, but there is a lot more involved in the links between housing and health. You can read about…
She knows whereof she speaks . . .
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/she-knows-whereof-she-speaks/Virginia Leary Housing Counselor Piedmont Housing Alliance’s housing counselor, Virginia Leary, took a trip over to the University of Virginia last week. She was invited to speak to the graduates…
Old Friends with New Ideas
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/old-friends-with-new-ideas/…and the importance of good process in redevelopment of affordable housing properties. It gave us all a lot to think about, and an excitement about the possibilities for affordable housing…
I'll have fries with that
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/ill-have-fries-with-that/…permits for flips and other housing “upscaling” that goes to fund affordable housing options. Not so poetic, perhaps, but may be the only way to get closer to housing justice….
Never again
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/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…
May the Force be with Affordable Housing, Part II
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/may-the-force-be-with-affordable-housing-part-ii/Marin County Civic Center American Public Radio’s MarketPlace feature on George Lucas’s donation of land and $200 million for affordable housing has, not surprisingly, drawn comments from locals in Marin…
Is Housing Health Care? Take 2.
https://piedmonthousingalliance.org/news/blog/is-housing-health-care-take-2/The homelessness advocacy community has been generating a lot of really interesting data lately. Not unexpectedly, much of it goes to support the conclusion that permanent housing is the solution…