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City manager lays out affordable housing commitments, project requests and funding gaps
Summary
City Manager Sanders told the Charlottesville City Council on Dec. 15 that the FY27 housing budget includes several multi‑million dollar commitments (South 1st Phase 2: $6M; 6th Street Phase 1: $3M; West Haven: $15M phased), new requests from developers and nonprofits, and a $3M gap on Candlewood/Kendallwood Phase 4 that may reduce unit counts unless additional funding is found.
City Manager Sanders presented a housing and budget briefing to the Charlottesville City Council on Dec. 15, reviewing current affordable housing commitments, incoming requests from developers and nonprofits, and several programmatic risks that could require council decisions in January.
Sanders listed projects already reflected in the budget: South 1st Street Phase 2 ($6,000,000), 6th Street Phase 1 ($3,000,000) and a $15,000,000 West Haven redevelopment commitment to be phased (first $5,000,000 slated this year). He identified additional city commitments and requests in development pipelines, including Kendallwood (Piedmont Housing Alliance) projects, VISTA 29 (permanent supportive housing; city support of $936,000 requested), and an $8,700,000 acquisition/loan servicing figure for Carlton Mobile Home Park.
On specific pipeline requests, Sanders said 501 Cherry has a current city…
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