Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced Tuesday that Virginia is awarding $8.7 million in grants to homeless and emergency shelters around the state, including six in Central Virginia.

I was fortunate to see Pastor Harold Bare and Lori Ann Strait of Hope Community Center interviewed on the Ryal Thomas Show.  There could be much to expand upon from their comments on Hope’s care for Charlottesville’s homeless. 

So. Praise for Charlottesville’s yurt plan was premature.

Under pressure from city officials and hemorrhaging money, the owners of the Hope Community Center will close their homeless shelter by the end of the month.

The Charlottesville area’s homeless population increased this past year and fewer people living in shelters and on the streets are employed, according to a new survey.