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PHA has been building community wealth for 30+ years with its comprehensive menu of community development services: home ownership counseling, fair housing education, community financing, home ownership and rental housing. Whether it’s turning renters into home owners, bridging the home ownership gap with workforce housing funds, ensuring fair housing for all, building green for an affordable and sustainable future, or developing creative solutions to complex problems, come see the many ways PHA is working to strengthen your community…RHOC
Expanding the affordable housing stock is crucial to the region’s efforts at making homeownership more obtainable for all. PHA has been a regional leader in rehabilitating and building new housing. To date, PHA has brought over 100 housing units on line for homeownership. Much of this investment and construction, valued at over $15 million, has also help revitalize and re-energize lower-income neighborhoods, leading to millions of dollars of new and growing wealth for hundreds of families, and creating a stronger economic base for the community. more info
Piedmont Housing Alliance is becoming one of the primary financing agents for affordable housing and community development activities in the region. PHA has been certified by the U.S. Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). PHA partners with federal, state, and local lenders to offer a variety of home loans with low interest rates for borrowers who may not qualify for conventional financing. This includes loans for new construction or existing properties. Borrowers may also qualify for down payment and closing cost assistance through HOME Funds or other subsidies offered through PHA. more info
Housing Development
PHA has years of experience with community project development. PHA has been certified by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) as a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) since 1997. Since that time PHA has completed a number of revitalization projects in the City of Charlottesville.more info