Better Housing Coalition News Blog

For 24 years, BHC President and CEO T.K. Somanath has worked tirelessly to change lives and transform communities across the Richmond region. On June 30, T.K. will retire, leaving a lasting footprint throughout our community. “T.K. is the epitome of a servant leader, and our community is a better place because of him,” said John [...]

Richmond, Va. (June 5, 2013) -The Better Housing Coalition (BHC), the largest not-for-profit housing developer in the Greater Richmond region, named Greta J. Harris as its new president and CEO, effective August 5, 2013.   Harris will succeed T.K. Somanath, who is retiring June 30, 2013, after serving as BHC’s first and only president and [...]

Nominations are now being accepted for the Better Housing Coalition’s prestigious Golden Hammer Awards for 2013, to honor professionals whose work enhances the Richmond region through revitalization, blight reduction and historic preservation. BHC is seeking nominations in five categories: Best Single-Family Residential Renovation Best Commercial Renovation – Neighborhood Scale (less than 5,000 sq. ft.) Best [...]

The Better Housing Coalition has entered into a partnership with the YWCA of Richmond to help shelter local victims of domestic and sexual violence. Through the partnership, BHC is allocating six furnished apartments to be used as safe, emergency housing by clients of the YWCA’s Domestic and Sexual Abuse programs.  Until now, the YWCA offered [...]

Thanks to a generous grant from Capital One, boys from BHC’s Winchester Greens community in Chesterfield were able to participate in the Boys to Men Mentoring program this year. BHC and the mentoring network are partnering to provide leadership training for male residents ages 12 – 17 who live in our rental communities. The program [...]