Albemarle Housing Improvement Program Inc

Albemarle housing improvement program (ahip) is a non-profit, state licensed class a contractor who completes critical repairs, energy efficient upgrades, safety and accessibility modifications, and complete home rehabs. Our mission is to ensure safe and affordable homes for our neighbors in need. Since 1976, we have served more than 4,700 households in our community. Nearly a tenth of charlottesville and albemarle homeowners are severely cost burdened. This means that critical repairs including hvac, roofing, plumbing, electrical, and structural repairs are beyond reach. By providing repair services to income eligible homeowners, we can preserve the houses in the neighborhoods that make up our vibrant community. Home repairs preserve our clients greatest asset, their home, and helps build generational wealth. Housing repairs also positively affect physical and mental health and accessibility modifications ensure that our senior clients can age in place safely and with dignity.

$2.0M from 18 funders · 48 grants · 2017–2024