Eric Leabough News Today

After years of repeated building code violations – from sewage leaks to failing floors to unsafe gas heaters – a judge has taken a notorious Henrico County apartment complex out of the hands of its owner. And now, Henrico is gearing up for a first of its kind effort to rebuild and transform the Glenwood Farms complex.

Henrico County launched a program Monday to help county employees buy their first home. As part of the program, the county has offered up to $25,000 to attract a dedicated workforce.

Henrico inspectors have found approximately 1,800 violations of building code violations since the New Jersey-based owner bought the Glenwood Farms complex five years ago. From 2018 to present, apartments at Glenwood Farms were at times unheated and leaked sewage onto the ground outside. Many had floors that had rotted away and dangerous electrical and gas installations, according to court records and Henrico County citations against the complex.

The Henrico Board of Supervisors June 13 voted unanimously to approve an ordinance that will create the Henrico County Home Purchase Assistance Program. The program will offer forgivable loans of as much as $25,000 of assistance to eligible county and school board employees, as well as county constitutional officers, in purchasing their first primary residences,

The Henrico Board of Supervisors is moving ahead with a plan to create a housing assistance program for eligible county and school system employees. At its May 8 meeting, the board introduced an ordinance that would form the Home Purchase Assistance Program, which would offer as much as $25,000 of assistance to eligible county and