The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA) and the Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR) are partnering with Red Light Management, the Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band, Riverbend Development, Castle Development Partners and the Virginia Community Development Corporation to rebuild affordable homes in Charlottesville. This collective effort, known as the Affordable Housing Group, is all volunteering its time and resources to make this work a reality. 

The Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund (AHOF) was established by Dave Matthews Band and Red Light Management to help raise the funds to make this work possible. Following DMB and Red Light Management's catalyzing gift of $5 Million to the fund, the group has now raised a total of $25M towards a goal of $30M. This private philanthropy helps leverage federal, state and local funding to help build what will ultimately be approximately $200M worth of new, affordable housing.

A resident-led strategy is central to the process of re-imagining and revitalizing these neighborhoods and communities. Resident planners are actively engaged in the vital re-design and future of these neighborhoods.

Crescent Halls Resident Planners