In keeping with its name, Victory Housing is committed to winning for its residents, its supporters and the community it serves. Since 1979, Victory Housing has operated as the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington’s nonprofit development arm for affordable housing in the D.C. Metropolitan region.

Missioned to build, acquire, renovate, manage and operate affordable housing – and related services – for low- to moderate-income seniors and low-income families, Victory Housing owns 29 communities, comprised of almost 2,000 apartments.

Recently, the developer opened another apartment community located in the city of Rockville, a municipality known to have a marked need for affordable housing.  Victory Court was officially dedicated on October 24, 2013. An 86-unit mixed-income apartment community for seniors 62+, Victory Court provides upscale living for seniors needing affordable housing.  The property provides 45 one-bedroom apartments for households earning 50% or below of AMI and 20 two-bedroom apartments with households earning at or below 80% of AMI. The remaining apartments are leased as market rate units.

The property was made possible through collaboration with community and fiscal partners, such as Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs, the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County and Capital One, North America.

Aside from its affordability and close proximity to Rockville Town Square, the Rockville Metro and MARC stations and other amenities, the developers worked very hard to create a “home” like atmosphere at Victory Court by providing the residents activities seniors come to need and expect within a comfortable home-like setting. The property provides its residents a well-rounded lifestyle experience by providing an on-site library, community room, café, arts and crafts room, wellness center and exercise room.

Victory Housing finds its HAND membership an invaluable resource in helping it deliver on its mission. Due to the informational sessions, communications and networking opportunities HAND provides, Victory Housing has learned a great deal about the broader affordable housing community within the region.

HAND is pleased to spotlight Victory Housing, which certainly contributes to our organization’s COLLABORATION, INNOVATION, and TRANSFORMATION for the metropolitan area!

By David Bowers, Enterprise VP and Market Leader, Mid-Atlantic
@the horizon An Enterprise blog about affordable housing and community development

Last week, we celebrated the groundbreaking for Monseñor Romero apartments, a building that will soon provide affordable homes for 63 families in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The building burned down in a five-alarm blaze in 2008. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. Enterprise provided $12 million in Housing Credits to help our partner, the National Housing Trust/Enterprise Preservation Corporation, redevelop it.

I noticed a small boy quietly moving rocks from a tree bed to the street. After a while, he looked back on his work and then proceeded to return the rocks back to the tree bed. I’m not sure whether he was playing or cleaning, but he was certainly building something.

The young boy was right in front of the Mayor and Councilmember. At one point, Mayor Gray noticed the boy, smiled at him and leaned over to speak to him. The boy the handed him one of his rocks.

I was particularly moved by the remarks of Yasmin Romero-Latin, President of the 3145 Mount Pleasant Street Tenants Association. She noted that before the fire, the former owner had treated the residents “like animals,” with code violations an all too common daily reality for the residents. They believed the owner wanted them to move out and convert the building to market-rate condos.

To me, this groundbreaking was a moment of inspiration, a reminder of why we do what we do. More than three decades after Mr. Rouse helped preserve the Mozart and the Ritz for low-income District residents, the spirit of Enterprise is as strong as ever, and we continue to fight for families across the country. I’m truly proud and blessed to be a part of that effort.

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Colonial Village Apartments’ Grand Opening

Help Us Celebratethe renovation and preservation of 162 historic units in Arlington.

Tour our new Community Resource Center!

Special Guest – Carol Galante
Assistant Secretary for Housing-
FHA Commissioner, HUD

Thursday, April 4
Remarks & Treats: 2:00PM
2101 18th Street N, Arlington 22201

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Directions & Parking

Car:

Colonial Village’s Grand Opening Celebration is located at 2101 18th Street North in Arlington, off of North Veitch St. There will be 50 non-permit parking spaces available on 18th Street.

Public Transportation:

Courthouse Metro Station is a short 6 minute walk from the Grand Opening Celebration.

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