(RECAP: A multijurisdictional approval process has cleared the way for a conversion of a former nursing home on the Richmond-Henrico line into apartments aimed at alleviating homelessness. VSH is plotting the apartments as low-income housing, meaning for residents earning 50 percent or less of the area median income, and as permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless adults. The $30 million project would involve low-income housing tax credits from the Virginia Housing Development Authority.)

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(RECAP: The Virginia Housing Development Authority has recently made available a free online renter education course titled “How to be a Successful Renter,” which covers the rights and responsibilities of renting.)

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(RECAP: Cook’s Corner Partners LLC will invest $2 million and make 20 new jobs to locate a new commissary kitchen and brewery in Middlesex County. This new private investment is a component of the larger Middlesex County Cook’s Corner innovative, multi-agency revitalization project. The Cook’s Corner revitalization project will also include the renovation and repurposing of two historic school buildings, the establishment of new community facilities, and the construction of water and sewer infrastructure. In addition, 24 units of affordable, workforce housing will be made by 2020 to help attract and retain skilled workers in the region.)

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