Sean Tubbs

By April 22, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors will decide whether to increase the personal property tax rate by 15 cents to devote more money toward the county’s fledgling affordable housing investment fund.  Earlier this month, supervisors approved the use of just over $4 million from the fund on five projects to support a variety […]

The Albemarle Planning Commission has recommended approval of a request from Great Eastern Management Company to allow more townhomes at its North Pointe development near the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport.  The Board of Supervisors originally rezoned the 269-acre property in 2006 to allow up to 893 residential units and more than 837,000 square feet of commercial […]

The University of Virginia tends to keep its plans close to the vest, but sometimes keen observers can get a glimpse of its future by poring through property sales.  On May 31, 2024, an entity connected to UVA’s real estate foundation paid the University of Virginia Credit Union $10.5 million for three properties on Arlington […]

The Albemarle county board of Supervisors had been expected to approve $3.5 million in funding for affordable housing projects at its meeting on March 4, but held off due to concerns over how staff generated recommendations of what to fund.  “I think it would be prudent to hold these materials and do a little bit […]

There have been very few renovations at Westhaven since the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority constructed 126 apartments in 1964 as a replacement for homes razed in Vinegar Hill. Decades later, funding and planning for a new era is moving forward.  CRHA Executive Director John Sales told City Council on February 18 that design work […]

When Sunshine Mathon took the helm as executive director of the Piedmont Housing Alliance in August 2017, the entity managed about 350 affordable units.  Since then, PHA has doubled that number through projects such as the redevelopment of Friendship Court into Kindlewood and construction of affordable rental units at the redeveloped Southwood Village.  And there’s […]