City of Staunton fires whistleblower who raised issues with use of housing funds
A City of Staunton employee who raised issues with the city’s administration of Community Development Block Grant funds was fired last week.
A City of Staunton employee who raised issues with the city’s administration of Community Development Block Grant funds was fired last week.
Charlottesville has opened the application process for organizations interested in the city’s Affordable Housing Fund.
The City of Charlottesville has opened the application for funding interest for Housing Operations & Program Support, or HOPS, which was formerly included in the vibrant communities fund applications for housing-related activities.
Valley Supportive Housing has completed the acquisition of a property in Staunton that will provide an additional 20 apartment units effective Jan. 1.
Staunton’s new city council members are Michele Edwards, Alice Woods and Brad Arrowood.
A program created by Democrats in 2021 has awarded $60 million in Housing Opportunity Tax Credits to investors developing affordable rental housing throughout Virginia.

Created in 1972 with the passage of Virginia’s Fair Housing Law, and four years after the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act, Virginia’s Fair Housing Office celebrates 50 years in 2022.
The groundbreaking was for a two-story, three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom home in Lynchburg to be built with new science that promotes net-zero housing technologies.
Apex Clean Energy has made a commitment of $1 million to support affordable housing redevelopment in downtown Charlottesville through a donation to the affordable housing opportunity fund.
Ralph Northam, as governor, pushed to increase housing subsidies as the solution to the affordable-housing crisis. Glenn Youngkin thinks the solution is a pushback against restrictive local zoning regulations.
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