
Harrisonburg honored by Department of Housing and Community Development
Harrisonburg received two state honors through the Department of Housing and Community Development’s annual awards program.

Harrisonburg received two state honors through the Department of Housing and Community Development’s annual awards program.

The Albemarle County Housing Choice Voucher program is open for Tenant-Based voucher applications.

The Albemarle County Office of Housing has launched a Bonus Bucks incentive program, which provides one-time bonus payments to property owners and/or landlords that have not previously leased to Housing Choice Voucher holders.

The City of Charlottesville has issued a Notice of Funding Availability for $750,000 available through the Charlottesville Affordable Housing Fund for affordable housing-related projects.

Under a Virginia law that became effective in 2020, it is illegal for landlords to discriminate against people who use assistance – including Housing Choice Vouchers, disability income, veteran benefits, rent relief, and more – to secure housing.

Fairfax Hall in Waynesboro has won approval for $2 million in Affordable and Special Needs Housing loans from the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Two Manassas-area landlords are being held accountable for alleged housing discrimination that occurred when they refused to rent based on disability, imposed discriminatory terms and conditions based on disability, and made discriminatory statements that indicate discrimination based on disability.

Three properties in Charlottesville and Albemarle County owned by the University or the University of Virginia Foundation have been selected as the sites proposed for a new housing development initiative.

The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission will meet Monday, Dec. 13 to hear staff present findings and recommendations from the following reports.

For the first time in more than a year, sales activity in Virginia slowed in September compared to the prior year.
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