Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville

Thank you Wells Fargo for helping to build affordable homes with us in Southwood Cville!

Honored that you all chose to spend some time giving back with us out at Southwood Cville! Thank you!

Dr. Graves joined a group of 1976 alumnae at their Habitat For Humanity build site today! This group of alumnae gathers every year, and we are so happy to see them giving back to the Cville community! Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville

In case you missed it, our President and CEO Dan Rosensweig had a great conversation with Michael Guthrie on Real Estate Matters w Michael Guthrie, which aired this past Saturday. It's a great recent update on our work --including the pending purchase of the Carlton Mobile Home Park, with an eye toward the progress we've made in mixed-income communities to date. Give it a listen!

Dan Rosensweig from Habitat for Humanity | REM - Cville Right Now Dan Rosensweig from Habitat for Humanity joined Michael to share about the recent purchase of the Carlton mobile home park. He discussed how it all came to be in a short period of time and what folks can do to help this project and community as it moves forward. https://share.transistor.fm/s/bc2456f...

On Tuesday, we learned that our offer to purchase the Carlton Mobile Home Park on behalf of its residents was accepted. We along with our partners at Piedmont Housing Alliance, Legal Aid Justice Center and the City of Charlottesville, Va - Government are thrilled and relieved to know that the Bolton family has accepted the offer we put before them on behalf of the residents who live in the community. We are grateful that the Bolton family has accepted our offer, and we are humbled to know that the residents of the Carlton community were willing to take this leap of faith with us. We look forward to working closely with the residents in the months and years to come.

In case you missed it, check out this past Friday's community conversation with WVIR NBC29's Erin Brown where we had a chance to catch up on recent events.

Community Conversation: Angela Guzman with Habitat for Humanity (7-12-2024) Communications and Annual Giving Manager Angela Guzman

Thanks for shining a spotlight on our work, Terri!

I had a great morning catching up with Dan Rosensweig and Angela Guzman of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville. Looking forward to sharing an update on the important work the organization is doing in the community. Look for the segment soon on CVIO FB!

The Habitat Store had a visit from the Cav Futures Foundation this morning. The Team is honored to be among the 13 local organizations supported with this inaugural funding! Thanks for supporting safe, affordable home ownership in our community!

Spreading the word!

Waiting lists for Albemarle County's Tenant-Based, Treesdale 2-Bedroom, Treesdale 3-Bedroom, Crozet Meadows, The Crossings at Fourth & Preston, and Scottsville Schools voucher programs are now open until Monday, May 13, 2024, at 4 pm.

These programs provide monthly rental subsidies to help families seek and obtain safe and affordable housing. Due to the high demand for vouchers, the Albemarle County Department of Human Service's Office of Housing uses a lottery-based waiting list system.

➡️ Learn more about housing choice vouchers, eligibility requirements, and apply at www.albemarle.org/waitlist.

This down payment assistance is at risk - learn more by reading the article and more importantly, you can still take action by contacting state legislators and asking them to OPPOSE budget amendment 32.

Youngkin amendment would cancel creation of $5 million program for down payment help The amendment is among more than 200 from Youngkin that the Democratic-controlled legislature will consider as it reconvenes in Richmond.

Great day with Nest Realty Charlottesville. Thank you for all of your work! It's always a good sign when volunteers arrive onsite with paint already on their clothes! Thank you Nest for sponsoring Women Build and for sending out volunteers for the day. We couldn't do this without you!

We were honored to be a part of the Virginia's Community Colleges' "I Belong" Poet Laureate Event this past weekend. Thanks for including us in the opportunity to see some students shine, and to receive some generous supplies for the kids in our community!

Eclipses...bringing people together. It's what we do!

April is - and we want to take the opportunity to say a BIG THANK YOU to each and every one of our volunteers who make our work for safe, affordable homes possible! (Thanks to and the group from Chile and Argentina participating in the Youth Ambassador Program in these pics!)

We had a great day with Buildertrend last week! This group joined our Partner Families as well as some of our UVA Volunteer Crew Leaders for a day of building.

Thank you for your dedication to service!

Thank you Chaney Enterprises for sending out this group of volunteers and for your generous sponsorship of our Women Build this Spring! We couldn't do this work without the helping hands of many volunteers! Chaney kicked off our work in blocks 9-11 in Southwood. Thank you!

This beautiful moment took place last weekend at the Old Trail Dedication in Crozet. Congratulations, Tanjah - you've worked SO HARD and come SO FAR! We are proud of you💙

Photo credit to Matt from Lumens Alive - thank you for spending the afternoon with us and capturing the essence of what it's all about.

Beautiful sunny Saturday celebration out at Old Trail for our dedication ceremony. Congratulations, Tanjah and Katrena! We are proud of you!

It's National ! Our work is supported by so many good samaritans and their acts of kindness -- people like Larry Scott, who greets our team with warmth and kindness at the Habitat IX office every day, and has been servicing the Habitat community for more than 15 years! Thanks for modeling kindness, Larry!

We are kicking off International Women's Day (and Women's History Month) here locally with some work! The Crutchfield crew represented today in full force!

Advocating for equitable housing for all is a fundamental principle of Habitat for Humanity's work and mission. Black History Month offers a chance to spotlight the challenges and achievements Habitat has experienced in developing affordable housing solutions for underserved communities.
Watch the video to discover how our Greater Charlottesville affiliate and others across the country tackle zoning problems and utilize their influence to shape land policy in their local communities.

Advocating for equitable land use across the U.S. Habitat for Humanity affiliates across the U.S. are leading successful advocacy and rezoning efforts to create equitable land use policies in their communiti...

Time for ! Thank you to Keshia Washington for repping Greater C'ville, joining 400 others on Capitol Hill this week and advocating for access to affordable housing. (Featured here with Jason Tickle from Habitat for Humanity of Caroline County)

Congratulations to the Piedmont Housing Alliance team for achieving the ground-breaking milestone with Hickory Hope Apartments at Southwood Cville. We are honored to play a part, and are grateful to our Albemarle County partners, and to the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, and to the residents who have poured heart and soul into bringing things this far. Much more to come!

ICYMI...here's a home for the holidays story by featuring a Southwood Habitat Partner Family.

Home for the holidays has a special meaning for one local family Home for the holidays has a special meaning for one family in the Southwood development thanks to Habitat for Humanity. This family gets to spend their first Christmas in their own home.

It's National Poinsettia Day! We thought it would be a nice opportunity to share this picture of one of our newest homeowners - congratulations, Seliflora!

Thank you to Fulton Bank and the The Molly Long Team, nmls #615262 for your support!

This holiday season, we have partnered with Corporation to build affordable homes! Recently, Whirlpool surpassed $125M in product donations globally, helping to ensure families worldwide have access to a decent and affordable place to call home.

Locally, as part of the BuildBetter with Whirlpool program, we're constructing energy-efficient homes in Greater Charlottesville, including at Southwood Cville.

We are grateful that of America recently selected us for one of its . We appreciate the partnership and commitment to building a Greater Charlottesville community where everyone can find safe, affordable housing.

Today on , we are growing our Foundation Builders, a core group of monthly donors whose steady, reliable support helps us to create a Greater Charlottesville community where everyone can find a decent place to live. Will you join us?
https://bit.ly/habitat-giving-tuesday-2023

Tomorrow is ! Will you join our Foundation Builders – a core group of monthly donors – to help lay the groundwork for continuing efforts to build and rebuild homes throughout the Charlottesville, Albemarle, Louisa and Greene communities?
https://bit.ly/habitat-giving-tuesday-2023