For months, the Public Housing Association of Residents has been asking Charlottesville City Council to step in to halt two proposed student housing buildings, on West Main Street and in Fifeville.
LV Collective has filed plans for an 11-story building at 843 W. Main St., while Landmark Properties is seeking staff approval for a seven-story building on Seventh Street. Both are allowed without further permission from Council under the zoning code approved in December 2023.
“We need to change the zoning around the edge of low-income communities so those buildings like LV Collective and the Seventh Street [project] doesn’t marginalize our Westhaven community,” said Joy Johnson, PHAR’s chair, at the November 3 City Council meeting…