Better Housing Coalition News Blog

In 1989, the co-founders of the fledgling Better Housing Coalition hired T.K. Somanath as the Better Housing Coalition’s first president and CEO. He shared their belief that high-quality, affordable housing is the cornerstone of strong families and communities and should be accessible to the working class and the elderly.   For the past 24 years, [...]

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 [...]

According to a recent report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Virginia is one of the most challenging states for low-wage workers to find affordable housing. For instance, the minimum wage in Virginia is $7.25 per hour. In order to afford the Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom apartment, a typical minimum-wage earner in [...]

Happy Earth Day 2013! BHC is a believer in and committed user of “green technology” in  our building developments and renovations. Did you know that all of our rental communities AND new and renovated single-family homes are EarthCraft-certified? Affordable, energy-efficient homes are good for the environment, and result in more take-home pay for residents due [...]