(RECAP: A proposed rezoning on a small cul-de-sac near Rose Hill Drive is the latest in a series of changes that has some in the neighborhood concerned they will be squeezed out by Charlottesville’s housing boom. “Most of the people in this neighborhood who are homeowners are my age or older,” said Evelyn Yancey Jones, 71, whose two-tale home at 629 Rose Hill Drive has been in her family for nearly 100 years. “The seniors are struggling, so they don’t have any means to place the brakes on,” she said. Jones lived in Charlottesville during the time when houses on Vinegar Hill were torn down in the name of urban renewal. She wants city officials to look at more than just economics when making decisions about the future.)

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(RECAP: When a community is in economic crisis, with shuttered storefronts and dwindling downtown foot traffic, Virginia Community Capital may be able to offer incentive for revival. For the past decade, VCC, a nonprofit community development financial institution and B Corp bank, has been doing just that in communities across the commonwealth. The impact, said Jane Henderson, president and CEO of VCC at an anniversary celebration on Wednesday, is more than money. The program is encouraging jobs and business, healthcare and fresh food, affordable housing and community revitalization.)

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(RECAP: House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) introduced April 29 The Moving to Work Reformation and Expansion Act of 2016, H.R. 5137, which would remove the cap on the number of public housing agencies (PHAs) that can participate in Moving to Work (MTW) and change the status of MTW from a demonstration to a program. H.R. 5137 also would authorize HUD to provide technical help to PHAs participating in MTW and evaluate housing reforms undertaken by MTW participants to identify replicable program models. Thirty-nine PHAs currently participate in the MTW demonstration.)

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