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.
Housing Facing Diminished Funding, Roanoke Housing Authority Eyes Shift To Section 8 Voucher Model Roanoke's housing authority is beginning to explore a shift that would allow it to more easily retrofit, demolish and expand housing.
