Efforts to reduce homelessness in Virginia received a $14 million boost today with 61 projects selected to support permanent housing, rapid rehousing and other innovation programs.
The Virginia Housing Trust Fund homeless reduction grants will advance efforts to reduce housing insecurity in the Commonwealth and allow families to “put down roots and thrive.”
“These projects represent our shared commitment to helping more Virginians find housing that meets their needs and helps create stability for their families,” said Gov. Abigail Spanberger. “With investment from the Virginia Housing Trust Fund, we are strengthening support for our neighbors and continuing to build a Commonwealth where every Virginia family has the chance to put down roots and thrive.”
The trust fund provides financing for housing construction projects that create or preserve affordable housing units, reduce the cost of affordable housing and increase homeownership.
“Housing is a core pillar of a strong community and a strong economy,” said Carrie Chenery, Secretary of Commerce and Trade. “This funding helps ensure that our most vulnerable Virginians have the support they need, and it brings us closer to a Commonwealth where episodes of homelessness are rare, brief and not repeated.”
These investments are a key source of financing for these affordable housing initiatives to support moderate- and low-income families, as well as supporting homeless reduction grants to provide rapid rehousing and longer-term housing solutions for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness.
“When people have a stable place to live, they are in a much better position to take care of their health, provide for themselves and their families and move up the economic ladder,” said Marvin Figueroa, Secretary of Health and Human Resources.
“These investments help people to transition out of crisis and into housing that allows them to rebuild and get back on their feet.”
The Virginia Housing Trust Fund homeless reduction grant program is administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development.
For more information about this program, visit dhcd.virginia.gov/vhtf.
Homeless reduction grants
- Northern Virginia Family Services, $689,897: Prince William area rapid rehousing program
- Carpenter’s Shelter, $600,000: Rapid rehousing
- PathForward, $578,950: Rapid rehousing
- Family Crisis Support Services, $499,150: Permanent supportive housing
- Shelter House (Loudoun), $451,214: Loudoun rapid rehousing
- Family Crisis Support Services, $433,848: Family crisis support services, rapid rehousing
- Shelter House (Fairfax), $432,600: Homeless reduction grant
- Family Crisis Support Services, $422,307: Youth innovative project
- Micah Ecumenical Ministries, $418,870: Permanent supportive housing program
- Culpeper Community Development Corp, $381,666: Homeless and special needs housing
- Action in Community Through Service (ACTS), $336,500: Rapid rehousing
- LGBT Life Center (SVHC), $331,084: Underserved innovation project, Southeastern Virginia, homeless coalition
- YWCA Richmond, $314,150: Housing program
- SupportWorks (HomeLink), $300,000: Housing HomeLink permanent supportive housing
- Mercy House, $300,000: Rapid rehousing
- Commonwealth Catholic Charities, $289,898: Youth street outreach
- Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, $286,315: Homeless older adults program – housing innovations expansion
- PathForward, $281,724: Permanent supportive housing
- St Joseph’s Villa, $261,620: School partnership rapid rehousing
- Miriam’s House, $250,000: Community First
- SupportWorks (Richmond), $250,000: Housing studios and new clay permanent supportive housing
- SupportWorks (Southampton Roads), $250,000: Housing South Hampton Roads Housing First
- FACETS, $250,000: Rapid rehousing
- LINK of Hampton Roads, $245,078: CANLINK
- Survivor Ventures, $241,500: Reentry home for trafficking survivors
- Valley Community Services Board, $227,115: Hope House, underserved populations innovations project renewal
- Doorways, $220,779: Housing
- Council of Community Services, $203,610: Rapid rehousing
- Pathway Homes, $202,563: Pathways to Hope through housing
- Micah Ecumenical Ministries, $200,474: Health innovation
- The Haven and First & Market, $200,000: Rapid rehousing
- Cornerstones, $200,000: Rapid rehousing
- Rappahannock Refuge, $188,696: Youth innovation project
- James City County, $181,280: Underserved populations innovation project
- Judeo Christian Outreach Center, $180,000: Rapid rehousing
- Tri-County Community Action Agency, $173,520: Southside planning district permanent supportive housing
- Rappahannock Refuge, $170,486: Loisann Hope House Family rapid rehousing
- Hampton Roads Ecumenical Lodgings & Provisions, $167,500: Homeless reduction grant rapid rehousing
- Empowerhouse, $160,000: Innovative rapid rehousing program
- Bay Aging, $157,611: Northern Neck Middle Peninsula Homeless Coalition, rapid rehousing
- Carpenter’s Shelter, $155,000: Permanent supportive housing
- ForKids, $150,139: Permanent supportive housing
- Housing Families First, $150,000: Building Neighbors rapid rehousing
- YWCA South Hampton Roads, $150,000: Homeward Bound
- New River Community Action, $132,850: Rapid rehousing
- People Incorporated of Virginia Cumberland Plateau, $126,471: Permanent supportive housing
- SupportWorks (Norfolk), $125,000: Housing Gosnold and Church Street
- People Incorporated of Virginia Cumberland Plateau, $123,958: Rapid rehousing
- Micah Ecumenical Ministries, $118,450: Fredericksburg continuum of care rapid rehousing program
- SupportWorks (Charlottesville), $110,000: Housing, The Crossings, permanent supportive housing
- SupportWorks (Virginia Beach), $100,000: Housing, Cloverleaf and Crescent Square
- SupportWorks (Portsmouth), $100,000: Housing, South Bay Apartments
- People Incorporated of Virginia Foothills, $94,047: Permanent supportive housing
- ForKids, $75,000: Rapid rehousing for parenting youth and young adults
- Homeward, $72,000: Older adults housing and services coordination
- James City County, $66,185: Rapid rehousing
- Miriam’s House, $61,800:Central Virginia supportive housing
- First Step, $49,955: Homeless reduction grant, rapid rehousing project
- Commonwealth Catholic Charities, $40,236: Healing Haven Roanoke, permanent supportive housing project
- St Joseph’s Villa, $38,903: Youth action board and youth outreach program
- Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter, $30,000: Rapid rehousing
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