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VHC News Clips, volume 2011-35 (November 17, 2011)
VHC Offers Executive Workshop on December 1
The Virginia Housing Coalition and our partners have teamed up to offer an executive workshop on December 1st, Raising the Bar Beyond Excellence . Click here for program details or to register.Flooded Holly Acres families to petition FEMA
Inside NoVA, November 17, 2011
(RECAP: Families who lost everything in the recent Holly Acres Mobile Home Park flooding in Woodbridge will present a petition to the Federal Emergency Management Agency asking that the Nov. 8 decision denying relief to flood victims be reversed.)Grant to fund housing for disabled: Housing for disabled in Gloucester
WAVY-TV, 17 Nov 2011
(RECAP : - A federal agency is providing $1.4 million to provide affordable housing for Virginians with disabilities.)Shelter doors shut
Orange County Review, November 16, 2011
(RECAP : Sheltering Arms homeless shelter now sits dark and empty after closing its doors at the beginning of November. A total of $22,000 from the Orange County Board of Supervisors subsidized the shelter's final month, enough time for the 24 residents to find another temporary housing solution.)Jane Helfrich appointed CEO of Richmond Habitat
Richmond Times Dispatch, November 14, 2011
(RECAP : Jane V. Helfrich has been appointed CEO of Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity effective Dec. 1. )Thanks to Habitat, family gets first home
Culpeper Star Exponent, November 10, 2011
(RECAP : For one local family, building a home has new meaning. Last Saturday, about 40 volunteers, many local but some from as far as Harrisonburg, came out to help a local family build a home. With plans to move into a new home just after the holiday season, the Streightiffs have much to be thankful for.)Mark Warner: It's time to really fix housing
Augusta Free Press, November 9, 2011
(RECAP : Recently, I attended a community meeting hosted by faith leaders in Northern Virginia's Prince William County that brought together more than 1,000 anxious homeowners and several leading mortgage lenders.)Enhancing Lynchburg's housing may require more money
Lynchburg News and Advance, November 07, 2011
( RECAP : Hopes of enhancing Lynchburg's housing may require easier access to loans, stronger public partnerships and better awareness of available services, according to feedback generated at a community meeting Monday. The city, which does not have a housing policy, is in the midst of conducting a community-wide conversation aimed at developing new strategies to improve local housing conditions.)Study: Housing burden rising in Lynchburg
Lynchburg News and Advance, November 05, 2011
( RECAP : Lynchburg housing remains generally affordable, but a growing number people are dealing with mortgages and rents they cannot reasonably support, according to a 2011 assessment. The assessment, commissioned by the city, said 34 percent of all households were spending an excessive percentage of their income on housing last year.)Sandra Canellas Selected to be Anne's House Homeowner: Persistence Makes Her Dream Come True
Rockbridge Weekly, November 4, 2011
(RECAP : When Sandra Canellas was in her early twenties, she found herself divorced and with a young child to raise. A devoted mother, she worked steady jobs to provide for her daughter…But none of these jobs paid much, and she and her daughter could only afford to live in low-income apartments. Sandra always dreamed of owning a house, but was afraid to take the leap.)
