Gosnold Apartments
With the adaptive reuse of an RC Cola bottling warehouse, Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) created Gosnold Apartments, which opened in December 2006 as the first permanent supportive housing development for homeless adults in the region and the first regionally-supported studio apartments for homeless single adults in the nation. The localities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Portsmouth provided funding and rental subsidies. Based on each locality's contribution, forty-two units are reserved for homeless adults from Norfolk, twelve from Virginia Beach, and six from Portsmouth.
Total development costs were $5.6 million. The localities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Portsmouth provided funding and rental subsidies. Additional funding sources include the syndication of Low Income Housing Tax Credits, a loan from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development and grants from private foundations. Rental subsidies are provided by the HUD Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Program. The HUD rental subsidy will pay the balance of the monthly rent (all utilities are included). Tenants pay 30% of their income as rent, with a minimum rent payment of $50 per month. Virginia Supportive Housing was awarded "Best Housing Development" at the 2007 Governor's Housing Conference for Gosnold. Support services are available to help tenants remaining in permanent housing; increasing their skills and income and achieving greater self determination. For more information on the support services offered, click here.
