Citizens urge Waynesboro to take the lead on homelessness, affordable housing
The evictions at Tent City in Waynesboro are forcing the city’s leadership and nonprofits to have a broader conversation about affordable housing.
The evictions at Tent City in Waynesboro are forcing the city’s leadership and nonprofits to have a broader conversation about affordable housing.

The City of Charlottesville and the Thomas Jefferson HOME Consortium are making a plan for the use of federal housing resources.
Albemarle County was recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section Eight Management Assessment as a “high performer” – the highest designation level attainable.
The first Spirit of the Virginia award in 2023 was presented to the Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation, a metro area community development organization focused on cultivating housing and financial self-sufficiency for primarily Black, Hispanic and women-led households.
In Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and Stafford, Va., the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded grant funding to provide housing and supportive service to Virginians experiencing homelessness and people facing domestic violence.
With less than a week for Waynesboro’s homeless population in Tent City to find new accommodations, two groups are putting in extra time to help the men and women who live there through the transition.
After two busy years, Virginia’s housing market slowed in 2022 and is now at pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
A vigil will be held on Sunday to call for affordable housing in the City of Waynesboro.
A whistleblower alleges that federal funds meant to assist low-income residents in Staunton are going unspent because of basic incompetence.

Freddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® today showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.48 percent.
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