‘We wanted to be a part of the solution’: Virginia Beach nonprofit builds 38 new affordable apartments

Todd Walker opened the door to one of the apartments in the newly constructed Judeo-Christian Outreach Center building near 17th Street at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.

It hasn’t been lived in yet, but soon someone who is currently homeless will call the apartment home.

“You got cookware, a dishwasher, microwave, chair, stove, refrigerator, sink, bed,” Walker said.

A laundry basket of cleaning supplies, dish soap, trash bags, shower curtain hooks and detergent rested on a dresser built into the wall. Light poured in from the window above a bed complete with a pillow, black comforter and white sheets…

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