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VHC News Clips, volume 2011-9 (March 3, 2011)
Save the date!
Mark your calendar for the Virginia Housing Coalition's Second Annual Summer Symposium and Annual Awards Dinner , scheduled for June 23rd at the Omni Richmond Hotel. Join us for the Symposium to get relevant, up to date information on a variety of affordable housing topics and then help us celebrate 30 years of the Virginia Housing Coalition and the individuals and organizations who have helped to get us here.Register TODAY for NLIHC's 2011 Annual Housing Policy Conference and Lobby Day, March 27-30. Rooms Are Going Fast!
(RECAP: You can register on line for NLIHC's 2011 Annual Housing Policy Conference and Lobby Day, which will take place Sunday, March 27 through Wednesday, March 30 in Washington , DC . The conference will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, at 2500 Calvert Street, N.W. To register, go to www.nlihc.org/conference. Or, download a registration form at www.nlihc.org/conference/registration.pdf.)Register now for the Virginia Housing Counselors (VAHC) 2011 Spring Conference, May 1-5. Scholarship funding is available!
(RECAP: Housing Professionals interested in applying for the VAHC Anne Gwaltney Memorial Scholarship Fund to attend the upcoming 2011 VAHC Conference and/or Certification may now log on to complete an online application: http://www.virginiahousingcounselors.org/Scholarship-App.asp. Scholarship funding is limited so apply today! Please also visit our website for updated conference information.)Register now for HAND's Social Media Training on Thursday, April 7, from 12:00 -1:30 p.m.
(RECAP: HAND's Social Media Training will be held at the Arlington Economic Development Conference Room, 1100 North Glebe Road, Suite 1500 , Arlington , VA 22201 . Join Karen Bate of KB Concepts PR for a special training on using Social Media to tell your story, increase awareness and interest in your organization, and gain valuable feedback and engagement from your key stakeholders. Lunch will be served. If possible, bring a laptop computer to help you get your social media outlets up and running immediately. Space is limited to 20 participants. To register, visit http://handsocialmedia.eventbrite.com/.)Students volunteer with Habitat for Humanity
Chatham Star Tribune, March 1, 2011
(RECAP: More than 15 students from Pennsylvania will volunteer with Danville Pittsylvania County Habitat for Humanity during their spring break. The youth volunteers are participants of Collegiate Challenge, Habitat for Humanity's year round alternative break program.)Affordable housing plan dropped at Monroe
Daily Press, March 1, 2011
(RECAP: A proposal to build a new apartment complex using Fort Monroe 's historic buildings is set to be dropped despite overcoming its first significant hurdle Tuesday at a meeting of the executive committee of the Fort Monroe Authority.)City Council Begins to Implement Housing Plan
WVIR-TV NBC29 , February 28, 2011
(RECAP: Charlottesville has a multi-million dollar plan to overhaul the city's public housing. Monday the City Council joined staff from the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority to draft a memorandum of understanding. The document will serve as guide to implementing the approved master plan to transform the city's public housing.)In the housing crisis, we all live under one roof
The Washington Post, February 26, 2011
(RECAP: For the past few years, I've been working with a single mother who has had to move four times, renting rooms in other people's homes so she wouldn't have to spend more than 50 percent of her monthly income on housing. Sadly, this college graduate who earns a decent salary is not alone.)Only 1 in 4 Got Mortgage Relief : Republicans Now Want to Kill HAMP Program That Made Only a Small Dent
The Wall Street Journal, February 28, 2011
(RECAP: Just one in four of the 2.7 million homeowners who sought to participate in the Obama administration's signature mortgage assistance program have succeeded in getting their monthly payments reduced. The rest failed to qualify for the program or were disqualified after they were initially accepted into the program, according to an analysis by the Wall Street Journal of data on applicants to the program newly released by the Treasury Department.)Spotsy officials take a UDA field trip: Field trip offers learning opportunity for Spotsylvania officials
The Free Lance-Star, February 28, 2011
(RECAP: Today, they're just red dashes on a map. But one day, these two Spotsylvania areas could be communities where residents live, work and play. But how do you get from a few lines on a map to a thriving development? County staff, supervisors and planning commissioners took a field trip Friday to find out. The group visited Newport News and Williamsburg .)Of all the crazy notions
Roanoke Times, February 28, 2011
(RECAP: Terry-Cabbler, Total Action Against Poverty board chairman discusses the current proposals to eliminate the Community Services Block Grant that is the financial base of the Total Action Against Poverty organization and the 1,200 community action agencies across the nation that provide critical services to 20.7 million low-income Americans.)Waynesboro calls for block grant input
The News Virginian, February 28, 2011
(RECAP: With a spring deadline fast approaching, Waynesboro city staff and councilors are finishing the last tasks required to apply for a $1 million grant for downtown revitalization.)Government Aid For Home Loan Modification, Refinancing And Foreclosure Protection
The Daily Planet Dispatch, February 27, 2011
(RECAP: A study recently conducted by SGS, a national research firm, reveals that a shocking number of homeowners who are in danger of losing their homes through foreclosure are not being informed about the state and federal programs that have been created to help them. These programs are aimed at helping homeowners hold on to their homes, through affordable refinancing and home loan modification.)Why 2011 May Be the End of the Housing Crash
The Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2011
(RECAP: There might finally be some good news this year about the nation's dismal housing market. Or, at least, the bad news could stop. Either way, it will be welcome relief for current homeowners as well as for potential real-estate investors.)Report from NLIHC Highlights Housing Problems Before Great Recession Hit
NLIHC Memo to Members, February 25, 2011
(RECAP: NLIHC released a report on February 25, 2010 that provides a thorough analysis of the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) 2005-2007 data and shows the housing problems that the lowest income households faced directly before the latest recession began.)House to Hold Two Hearings on Housing
NLIHC Memo to Members, February 25, 2011
(RECAP: The House Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing, “Mortgage Finance Reform: An Examination of the Obama Admin istration's Report to Congress,” on March 1. The White House released its report to Congress on the future of housing finance, Reforming America's Housing Finance Market, on February 11. The hearing will begin at 10am.)Climate committee receives public input on energy reduction strategies
Charlottesville Tomorrow, February 25, 2011
(RECAP: Charlottesville , Albemarle County and University of Virginia officials held a workshop Thursday to collect ideas from citizens about strategies to reduce energy consumption in the area.)Supervisors' Panel Supports Dulles World Proposal
Leesburg Today, February 24, 2011
(RECAP: Despite getting some initial pushback from supervisors who seemed concerned with the number of unresolved issues in the high-density Dulles World mixed-use development proposed on Rt. 28 near the Dulles Toll Road, four members of the board's Transportation/Land Use Committee voted Tuesday to recommend the board give the project final approval.)House panel's bill would end foreclosure program
WRIC ABC TV-8, February 24, 2011
(RECAP: A House committee plans to write legislation next week ending the Obama administration's flagship effort for helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure and abolishing three other housing assistance programs.)Mayors Appeal: Save Our Block Grants
The Wall Street Journal, February 24, 2011
(RECAP: A group of 30 U.S. mayors urged Congress Thursday not to move forward with proposed deep cuts in federal programs that support local government housing, transportation and other initiatives.)Changing Face of Parker Gray: Two new developments in the works, and more on the way.
Connection Newspapers, February 23, 2011
(RECAP: Demolition and construction have become the order of the day in Parker Gray, the city's historically African-American neighborhood that is undergoing massive changes. Two large construction projects are currently in progress, and another significant one will start soon. It's a massive amount of change for the neighborhood.)News Clips Archives
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