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.
Homelessness Roanoke Valley Homelessness Count Reflects Highest Annual Increase Since 2007 While homelessness has declined in the region since it peaked in 2009, this January’s point-in-time count reflects a 54-percent increase, the sharpest yet.
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.
Homelessness Roanoke Chamber Opposes Plan Moving City Homeless Aide Office To Amtrak Station Site The city still plans to provide some sort of Amtrak station in the 4,000 square-foot building, which can contain other tenants.
Homelessness From Parks to Parking, Roanoke City Is Spending More — To Crack Down on Homelessness The city has directed more funds to less typical agencies now tasked with cracking down on an influx of people living outdoors.
Addiction Fallout from Opioid Crisis Sparks New Interest in Ancient Practice: Acupuncture As the opioid epidemic rages, an increasing number of patients are seeking alternatives to painkillers.
Gun violence Roanoke Started A Commission To Reduce Gun Violence. It’s Become A Political Lightning Rod. “All I see is gun violence increasing in the Black neighborhoods,” Councilwoman Stephanie Moon Reynolds said.
Addiction As Overdoses Spike in Roanoke Valley, Localities Must Decide How Best To Spend Opioid Settlement Money Roanoke must decide by early May how it will spend roughly $575,000 it will receive by this summer, city manager says.
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.