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Council hears one-time housing requests including $3M for Kendalwood and $1.7M for hotel conversion

Charlottesville City Council · January 30, 2026
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Summary

Staff presented multiple one-time affordable-housing asks not yet baked into the FY27 budget, including $3 million for Kendalwood Phase 4, $900,000 for community services housing, and a $1.7 million request from Brick Lane Better Communities to convert the Holiday Inn on Emmett Street to permanent housing.

City Manager Sam Sanders and budget staff detailed several one-time housing requests that are not yet included in the proposed FY2027 baseline and would require cash allocations if council approves them.

Staff identified a $3,000,000 gap for Kendalwood Phase 4 and said the housing authority presentation in an upcoming work session would present the PHA…

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