Albemarle Housing Improvement Program

AHIP's mission is to ensure that low-income residents of Charlottesville and Albemarle County have the opportunity to live in safe, decent and affordable housing. AHIP believes that safe and decent housing is a basic human right.

What they do:
- Housing Rehabilitation Program.
- Emergency Home Repair Program.
- Charlottesville Healthy Homes Initiative
- Affordable Rental Housing
- Wraparound Services and Programs

Who they serve:
AHIP serves 350 to 400 people each year. While most AHIP programs are eligible for client households who earn up to 80 percent of the Area Median Income, most of our clients fall into the 20 to 50 percent of AMI range.

Where they work:
AHIP's programs operate throughout Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville. AHIP also works collaboratively with community development agencies in neighboring counties of Greene, Nelson and Madison, performing repairs, renovations and special building projects.

For more Information visit: http://www.ahipva.org

Habitat for Humanity Store

What the store does?
The Habitat Store, a retail sales store, was established in May of 2003 to provide a self-sustaining funding source to HFHGC. We also seek to extend Habitat's mission by making home maintenance more affordable. A secondary, yet significant, benefit of the store is the recycling and reuse of surplus new and used building materials, thereby reducing the flow of materials in the waste stream.

How it works:
The Habitat Store supports Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville by selling new and salvaged building materials and home furnishings to the public at discount prices. All proceeds from the Habitat Store contribute to the construction of new Habitat homes locally.

What do volunteers do?
The store work is different from that of our other community partners. Rather than building, volunteers work in the store helping with tasks from cleaning to moving inventory to working the cash register. While this is different it is also a more flexible option that allows volunteers to remain involved on their own schedule if they cannot commit to a weekly shift.

For more Information visit: http://www.cvillehabitatstore.org/page.php