[Greater Richmond]

The City of Richmond

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Fast Facts:

  • Richmond was home to 229,247 people and had 115,676 housing units in 2023. Since 2010, Richmond has added an average of 1,900 people and 1,300 housing units per year.
  • Fifty-seven percent of households were renters and 53 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.
  • Richmond has set local goals to add 2,000 new homeowners with incomes of 50%-80% AMI and 10,000 new affordable rental units by 2033.
Sources: Census Population and Housing Unit Estimates, Decennial Census, American Community Survey (2019-23), and the HIT survey of local jurisdictions.
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Policy Status

Solving the region's affordable housing crisis requires a portfolio of policies to preserve existing affordable housing, produce more housing, and protect people from discrimination and displacement.

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Preservation Inventory - Subsidized

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Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized

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Rental Assistance Demonstration

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Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners

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Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing

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Housing Outcomes

Local jurisdictions submitted data to enable the region to track housing production, preservation, and rental affordability.

Structural Racism

Discriminatory actions and racist public policies have produced inequitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of color in the Washington region, including lower incomes and wealth, lower homeownership rates, and higher rates of housing cost burden.

Housing Context

Understanding how household incomes relate to the supply of affordable rental and homeownership units will inform jurisdictions' efforts to meet the current and future housing needs of residents.

Elected Officials

  1. Nicole Jones

    Nicole Jones

    Council Member - 9th District

  2. Sarah Abubaker

    Sarah Abubaker

    Council Member - 4th District

  3. Kenya J. Gibson

    Kenya J. Gibson

    Council Member - 3rd District

  4. Andrew S. Breton

    Andrew S. Breton

    Council Member - 1st District

  5. Dr. Danny Avula

    Dr. Danny Avula

    Mayor

  6. Reva M. Trammell

    Reva M. Trammell

    Council Member - Richmond Southside 8th Voter District

  7. Cynthia I. Newbille

    Cynthia I. Newbille

    Council Member - Richmond East End 7th Voter District

  8. Ellen F. Robertson

    Ellen F. Robertson

    Council Member - Richmond Gateway 6th Voter District

  9. Stephanie A. Lynch

    Stephanie A. Lynch

    Council Member - Richmond Central 5th Voter District

  10. Katherine Jordan

    Katherine Jordan

    Council Member - Richmond North Central 2nd Voter District

Housing Officials

  1. Merrick Malone

    Merrick Malone

    Director, Department of Housing and Community Development

  2. Steven B. Nesmith

    Steven B. Nesmith

    CEO, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA)