Statistics & Reports

2010 Symposium Studies

On April 19, 2010, members of the community, government officials and business leaders gathered at the University of Richmond's Jepson Alumni Center to learn more about affordable housing in the Richmond area. Two local studies were introduced by the Partnership for Housing Affordability that show the benefits of building affordable, sustainable developments in our region.

• Examining the Impact of Mixed Use/Mixed Income Housing Developments in the Richmond Region Center for Regional Analysis, School of Public Policy, George Mason University


• Sustainable Communities: Building for the Future Southern Environmental Law Center

Local/State Statistics and Reports:

• Connections and Choices: Affordable Housing and Smarter Growth in the Greater Richmond Area 2007


• VHDA Analysis of Housing Needs in the Commonwealth, November 2001

National Statistics and Reports:

• MIT Center for Real Estate Housing Affordability Initiative Research Study: "Effects of Mixed-Income Multi-Family Housing Developments on Single-Family Housing Values"


• Housing Opportunity Index: 3rd Quarter 2004 (MS Excel document)


• Homeownership Affordability in Urban America: Past and Future research


• HUD initiative - Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse


• "Rethinking Local Affordable Housing Strategies" A new study by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute that summarizes lessons from seventy years of housing policy.


• Working families pay more for transportation than they save on affordable housing, new study reveals - November 2006


• Housing Advocacy Catalog


• Media Training Guide for Affordable Housing Advocates


• Toolkit for Affordable Housing Development


• Joint Harvard Housing Study 2008


• Old Dominion University Economic Forecast and Market Review 2008


• America's Landscape of Working Families 2007


• Handbook of Affordable & Workforce Solutions from the National Housing Conference