Housing Roanoke Ends Single-Family-Only Zoning in Bid for More Housing, Diversity Roanoke joins cities in Virginia and across the country that are rolling back single-family-only zoning in favor of more dense housing.
Housing Roanoke Planning Commission Advances End to Single-Family Zoning in Bid for More Housing City Council is expected to vote Monday on reforms staff say is aimed at increasing housing and decreasing racial and economic inequities.
Housing Roanoke Proposes Allowing Multi-Unit Housing Throughout Residential Neighborhoods Effort to end single-family-only zoning is meant to spur more housing, decrease inequities, city officials say.
Housing Roanoke Housing Authority Seeks Affordable Developer For 8-Acre Gainsboro Property The housing authority’s ownership of the steep-sloped woods traces back to urban renewal.
Housing Roanoke Steers Millions To Nonprofit TAP with Goal of Spurring Affordable Housing Roanoke officials heralded progress with the city's land bank and the creation of a $2 million affordable housing fund.
Housing Roanoke Started a Land Bank in 2019. It's Just Now Getting Off the Ground. Officials hope a change to the program run by the nonprofit Total Action for Progress will get more abandoned homes restored.
Housing Roanoke's Public Housing Authority Plans First New Major Development in Decades The city’s housing authority hopes to construct an initial 86-unit complex in Northwest Roanoke.
Housing Roanoke Needs Thousands of Affordable Housing Units, Study Says. Why Does the City’s $7-Million Plan Promise 40? Even with the record government investment, officials acknowledge it can only go so far to address Roanoke's affordable housing needs.
Housing Roanoke Housing Commissioners Hear How They Could Enhance, Expand Affordable Housing Units “So your recommendation is, essentially, ‘Do this as quickly as you can,’” the commission's chairman told a consultant.