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Eboni Bugg is director of programs for the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation. “This particular project really was instigated by the urgency of the global pandemic, recognizing that our current system of grouped shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness presented a public health risk even beyond the public health risks associated with homelessness itself.”
So the foundation offered the largest grant in its history $4.25 million – to the Piedmont Housing Alliance which bought an old Red Carpet Inn on the city’s busy Route 29 where Bugg says studio apartments will be offered.
A coalition of non-profits in Charlottesville plans to build on the site of an old hotel, gradually replacing its rooms with 140 apartments for people experiencing homelessness.
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Red Carpet Inn guests being suddenly relocated due to new redevelopment project
Red Carpet Inn guests being suddenly relocated due to new redevelopment project By Riley Wyant | March 9, 2021 at 8:47 PM EST - Updated March 9 at 8:47 PM
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - The Red Carpet Inn on Route 29 in Albemarle County is going through some big changes to house people who do not have a home. However, that means everyone currently living there has to be out by Wednesday morning.
“We were told by the police, make sure you’re out. They said, ‘it’s not fun for us to do, but we will come, we will write you a citation and we will arrest you for trespassing,” long-term guest Lorry Gorman said.