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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandi
laurie ramos' story
Six years ago, Laurie Ramos was seeking American citizenship and a better opportunity for her husband and three children when she left her family in the Philipinnes to come to the United States. With an American-born son and a baby on the way, the eighteen-year-old found herself struggling to survive on Section 8 vouchers to rent a run-down apartment in a crime-ridden neighborhood in Yorktown, Virginia. In 2001, Community Housing Partners purchased the facility and rehabilitated it into The Woods of Yorktown, a vibrant family-friendly community that is a safe home to more than 200 children. Today, Laurie gives back to her community by cultivating beautiful roses outside of her home.
"When I moved in, I had nothing and was pregnant, but I had a feeling that something good was going to happen."
-Laurie Ramos
redefining affordable housing
our management
orlando artze
Executive Vice President and COO
Community Housing Partners
100 West Franklin Street, Suite 300
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 343-7201 ext. 2011
(804) 343-7208 fax
oartze@chpc2.org
Orlando Artze joined CHP in 2006 and serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He oversees CHP’s production functions including real estate development, homeownership, property management, construction, energy services and architecture. Artze has over 30 years of experience in affordable housing and community development from his previous work with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), where he was the Program Vice President for the Southeast and Minnesota regions and Director of the Richmond LISC Program. As chief credit officer for the region, he was responsible for an annual portfolio of $30 million in loans and equity investments and $4 million in capacity building grants to community development corporations and non-profit organizations engaged in neighborhood revitalization and affordable housing preservation. He has also held positions with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice.
Artze is the current president of the Virginia Housing Coalition, advocating on housing-related issues for lower-income Virginians and giving voice to housing, community and economic development concerns in policy discussions at the state and federal levels. He is also a member of the Board of Housing Virginia and serves on the Board of Commissioners of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
He holds an MBA from Baruch College, City University of New York and an MA in American History from Stony Brook University, State University of New York.
