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City leaders say they want everyone to be able to afford to live within Charlottesville’s borders. However, being in this “world class city” often comes with out-of-this-world living expenses.

For better or worse, Charlottesville City Council made history on Monday night.

When most of us think of sustainability and construction, the usual suspects probably come to mind: efficient cooling and heating, using nontoxic building materials, minimizing environmental degradation — in other words, being green. But in Austin, Texas, a new effort is working to expand the definition of sustainability from the buildings themselves to the hands that put them together.

What was originally known as Garrett Square and then Friendship Court is now Kindlewood, and new neighbors could arrive as soon as August.

First-time buyers are older, living with their parents longer, and still struggling to find a home thanks to America's broken housing market.