VSH and BHC Halt Merger Plans

On September 7, the boards of directors Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) and Better Housing Coalition (BHC) voted separately to dissolve a merger agreement they initiated in December 2021.

Vacant assisted living facility to become affordable housing in Henrico

Construction started this week on a $23 million project, Cool Lane Commons, that will create 86 units of affordable housing in eastern Henrico County, Virginia Supportive Housing announced.

Henrico assisted living facility to become affordable housing, ‘Cool Lane Commons’

A vacant building in the East End that was once the site of an assisted living facility and nursing home will soon be mixed-income housing.

Formerly Seven Hills Healthcare Center, the 90 thousand square-foot building on the 1900 block of Cool Lane is set to become Cool Lane Commons, an 86-unit affordable housing complex with on-site supportive services.

Virginia Supportive Housing, who is overseeing the project, calls Cool Lane Commons their “most innovative permanent supportive housing community to date.”

Abandoned nursing home to become affordable housing community

The once Seven Hills Health Care Center in Richmond’s and Henrico’s East End will soon become an affordable housing community.

$23 million in funding will transform the abandoned building into Cool Lane Commons affordable housing community. It’s Virginia Supportive Housing’s first affordable housing project in Henrico County.

Leading Virginia Affordable Housing Nonprofits Agree to Merge

On December 16, 2021, Better Housing Coalition and Virginia Supportive Housing announced they will be merging to to serve clients across the housing spectrum.