Sean Tubbs

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 […]

To celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, Abundant Life Ministries wants to construct a 10,370-square-foot community building behind a single-family house it owns at 782 Prospect Ave. The group filed the first set of plans with Charlottesville’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services on February 12.  Such a building would be a by-right use under the […]

Seven Development will try a third time to create a plan for a 3.15-acre site in Crozet’s growth area after both the Albemarle Planning Commission and neighbors said the plans for Windy Knoll were too dense.  “When you actually stand on the northern part of this property, I don’t understand how it’s possible to say […]

Though Jim Ryan is no longer the president of the University of Virginia, planning work continues on three affordable housing projects called for under one of his community initiatives. In March 2020, Ryan announced that, over the next decade, UVA would build between 1,000 and 1,500 units to help increase its housing supply. After a […]

In its efforts to increase and preserve Charlottesville’s affordable housing, City Council took a first look at several requests on January 20 before its scheduled approval votes on February 2.  One request asks for a note guaranteeing $3.77 million for a partnership between the Piedmont Housing Alliance and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville to […]