Better Housing Coalition News Blog

Title: BHC Community Give Back Night at Mosaic Café Location: 6229 River Road #A, Richmond, VA 23229 Description: BHC will be the beneficiary of Mosaic Cafe’s Community Give Back night on Wednesday, May 1. Come support BHC while enjoying delicious food and drinks at their restaurant on River Road. Mosaic has catered many BHC events [...]

Title: Free Renovation Lending WorkshopLocation: University of Richmond, Downtown Campus, 626 E. Broad St. Suite 100, Richmond VA 23210Link out: Click hereDescription: Learn the “ins and outs” of home mortgage financing (including loan programs, credit, cash required, cash sources, etc.) in this free workshop. Then, learn the benefits of renovation lending, and how to buy [...]

Laura Lafayette, vice chair of the Better Housing Coalition’s Board of Directors and CEO of the Richmond Association of REALTORS®, wove together BHC’s past and present in a presentation to members and guests of The Woman’s Club (TWC) in Richmond on Monday, March 11.  During her presentation, Ms. Lafayette illustrated how BHC fulfills its mission [...]

The word is out! Get an exclusive sneak-peek of the Better Housing Coalition’s latest affordable housing development for low-income seniors, under construction on North 28th Street in Richmond’s Church Hill neighborhood.  This seven-unit, net-zero energy-capable apartment building utilizes the  latest in green technology and is scheduled to open later this month.  It complements a 32-unit, [...]

Victoria (“Tori”) Drummond serves as chair of 3HC, Better Housing Coalition’s Junior Board, and senior financial analyst for Dominion. Get to know Tori: How did you become interested in BHC? I worked for four years in corporate philanthropy at Dominion. I saw the great work that BHC was doing to revive old neighborhoods and provide [...]