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Residents urge council to curb student housing expansion, cite Gospel Hill displacement as Board of Architectural Review item nears
Summary
Public commenters at the Charlottesville council meeting pressed officials to address student housing growth and historic displacement, pointing to an 11‑story LV Collective proposal and urging denial and zoning changes; council scheduled a student housing work session in January.
Speakers during the community matters period urged the City Council to take a tougher approach to student housing approvals and to address historical displacement of Black neighborhoods.
Wendy Gail, an organizer with FAR, told council West Main Street sits on "violently stolen, unseated, Monacan land and formerly black owned land" and asked members to deny an 11‑story LV Collective project…
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