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Richmond

Public Meeting Round 1

PHARVA.com

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Partnership for Housing Affordability

Mission

Champion affordable housing policies that strengthen our region’s attractiveness and econmic vitality

History

Founded in 2004 to raise awareness about affordable housing issues

Local Issues

Land banks, housing trust funds, mixed-income development

State Issues

Tax incentives, rental assistance programs, state housing trust fund 2

Framework

PHA has taken the lead in creating a housing framework to address shared housing challenges

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What is the Framework?

A solutions-oriented action plan for increasing housing affordability Unique

Framework + Implementation

Tested

Sound data and research

Priority

Forefront of public policy conversations

Authentic

High level community engagement 3

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Framework Timeline

Phase 1 January, 2019 – June, 2019

• Collect and

analyze data

• Research best

practices

• Community

Listenings sessions

• Outline capital

Investments

Phase 2 April, 2019 – August, 2019

• Full-time director
• Public meetings
• Stakeholder

sessions

• Drafting of the

framework

• Policy

recommendations

Phase 3 November, 2019 – 2021

• Finalize framework
• Present to elected

bodies and community

• Framework

Implementation

• Set measurement

indicators

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Why are we here?

An opportunity to share your story Values

The things that matter most to you in your communtiy

Discussion

Housing challenges that you have faced in the Richmond region

Collaboration

Transforming our values and challenges into solutions

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Our Partners

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Tonight's Meeting

Agenda  Introductions  Who is in the Room?  Community Values  History, Data & Community Stories  Discuss Housing Challenges  Identify Solutions

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Introduce yourself to the folks at your table Name Something you love about where you live Why you’re here

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Table Introductions

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Polling: Who’s here tonight?

○ Simply push the button with the number that corresponds with your answer. ○ All answers are anonymous. ○ They don’t work at home!

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Do you have tattoos?

• 1. No, you don’t put bumper

stickers on a Bentley

• 2. No, but I have considered it
• 3. Yes, and it’s usually hidden
• 4. Yes, and it’s usually visible to
• thers
• 5. Have you seen my sleeve?

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Where do you live?

1. Richmond City 2. Chesterfield 3. Henrico 4. Hanover 5. Other

22% 34% 33% 10%

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With which gender do you identify?

1. Female 2. Male 3. Gender non-conforming / the binary thing doesn’t work for me

In region Richmond 52 % 53% 48 % 47%

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With which racial/ethnic group do you primarily identify?

• 1. Asian/Pacific Is.
• 2. Black/African-

American

• 3. Hispanic/Latino
• 4. Native American
• 5. White/European

American

• 6. Multi-Racial
• 7. Other

Region Richmond

4% 2% 29% 48% 6% 7% 0.2% 0.2% 57% 40% 3 % 3% 0.2 % 0.2%

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What is your age?

• 1. Under 18
• 2. 18-29
• 3. 30-39
• 4. 40-49
• 5. 50-59
• 6. 60 or better

3 % 28 % 4 % 0.5 % 63 % 0.1 % 1.2 %

Region Richmond

22% 18% 17% 26% 13% 15% 14% 11% 14% 12% 20% 18%

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What is your household income?

• 1. Under $25k
• 2. $25k – 49,999
• 3. $50k- 74,999
• 4. $75k – 99,999
• 5. $100k +

3 % 28 % 4 % 0.5 % 63 % 0.1 % 1.2 %

Region Richmond

17% 31% 21% 25% 18% 16% 14% 9% 30% 18%

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Are you a:

• 1. Homeowner
• 2. Renter
• 3. Other

3 % 28 % 4 % 0.5 % 63 % 0.1 % 1.2 %

Region Richmond

64% 42% 36% 58%

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Values What are the most important values we have as a community? Write up to 3 on an index card. Hold up in the air when you’re finished

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Table Conversation

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Values Share: What values did you write down? How do they relate to housing?

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Table Conversation

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1. Inclusion / diversity 2. Equity 3. Caring, togetherness, cohesion, peace 4. Education (for all) 5. Safety 6. Affordability 7. Accessibility – to services, stores

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Most common values

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Which of these values is most important for our communities to live into?

• 1. Inclusion / diversity
• 2. Equity
• 3. Caring, togetherness, cohesion,

peace

• 4. Education (for all)
• 5. Safety
• 6. Affordability
• 7. Accessibility – to services, stores

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Housing in the City of Richmond

How did we get to where we are today?

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Richmond in the early 1900s

• City began to grow into

what it is today, but many left behind

• Federal and local

policies intentionally excluded blacks from housing opportunities

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Photo: Redlining map of Richmond, Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, 1937

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Richmond by the mid-20th century

• Highway construction

helped whites move away and decimated black neighborhoods

• Urban renewal

maintained and deepened segregation in the city

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Photo: Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike under construction, via The Valentine

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Photo: Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike under construction in 1958, via The Library of Virginia

5th Street 1st Street Gilpin Court 7th Street Leigh Street

Jackson Ward 1958

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Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike present day

5th Street 1st Street Gilpin Court 7th Street Leigh Street

Jackson Ward 1958

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Richmond today

• Long-term city

residents are being displaced by new development and redevelopment.

• Neighborhoods are

rapidly gentrifying.

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How has the black homeownership rate changed in the City of Richmond since 2000?

• A. + 6%
• B. + 3%
• C. – 3%
• D. – 6%

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28 $- $50,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

City of Richmond:

Single-family home median sales prices

Region Richmond

Home prices are increasing faster in Richmond than anywhere else in the region.

The average home is 56% more expensive now than in 2009.

Source: Central Virginia Region MLS

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On average, how much longer will someone in Westover Hills live than someone in Gilpin Court?​

• A. 5 years
• B. 10 years
• C. 15 years
• D. 20 years

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Unequal investment creates unequal life outcomes

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• Richmond recent

progress isn’t benefitting every neighborhood

• Our past and current

housing decisions shape today’s inequalities in health, education, and economic prosperity

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Source: Central Virginia Region MLS Source: Housing Virginia’s SOURCEBOOK, Paycheck to Paycheck tool $- $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 Income to buy average home Electrician Security guard Home health aide Child care worker

Comparison of incomes in the City of Richmond

Some of our most important workers can’t afford to buy a home.

Incomes for many

• ccupations aren’t

keeping up with rising housing prices.

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Source: Central Virginia Region MLS

High home prices are transforming Richmond’s black neighborhoods.

There are 3,600 fewer black homeowners in the city now than in 2000.

Sources: 2000 Census SF1; 2013-2017 American Community Survey, 5-year estimates

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1,000

Black

• wners

Black renters White

• wners

White renters

Households in Jackson Ward and Church Hill by race and tenure: 2000 to 2017

– 159 – 14 + 245 + 399

2000 2017

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Photos: Dill Building in Shockoe Bottom; Mosby Court, via RTD

What’s your view of Richmond?

Housing Matters

Listening Sessions

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What makes people feel most at home?

Family & Friends

Being familiar with those around you

Friendliness & Diversity

Sense of community with neighbors

Land and Space

Quiet and room for activities

Proximity to resources

Walkability to things that are nearby

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Safety & Cleanliness

Free of mold, bugs, and crime

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Community Challenges

○ Schools ▪ "If the schools are not competitive, we either have to resign a generation of children to bad schools or people are going to continue to move" ○ More responsive and transparent city relationship

• I’d like to see the city spread the services around. Some areas they do not provide

services and enforcement.

• "We need clear policies that address future development.”

○ More and Closer Resources

• “More commercial/drugs stores especially for seniors who need prescriptions.”
• “A grocery store within walking distance, that would help with food deserts.”

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Housing Challenges

○ Older people can’t afford to live where they’ve been for years

• “My grandmother has been living on 25th and Fairmount for over 25 years...The

neighborhood has transformed, [with houses] going for $500,000. Are houses going to be affordable for people in the future? ○ Rising cost of housing (rent and property taxes) - especially on a fixed income

• "The prices they are charging in Manchester, you would think you were in Short

Pump.

• I’ve seen my property values go up 492% over two years…."
• [Renters]are going to get pushed out of the community...I am really worried.

Things are going to be too expensive and they can’t afford to buy a house.

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Housing Challenges

○ Most of the affordable rental housing is substandard or poor quality

• "Everything that is affordable is owned by slumlords"

○ Abandoned houses & buildings

• “There are still some that are eyesores - everything is boarded up, the

siding has fallen off.” ○ Increasing Home Prices, Displacement & Gentrification

• “[Will] there be a decrease of black homeowners and renters in my

community?"

• "Speculators are trying to buy our homes. I get mailings and calls weekly."

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Vision

○ “I want housing to remain affordable for people who want to be here.” ○ “I want businesses to be around that are owned by local people. ○ “If we do not address our housing issues, we will lose a community that has teachers that live next to people that have a lot of money or fire fighters.

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Housing Stories

Richmond

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I am a teacher in the community. I bought my house in the Battery park 10 years ago.

Teacher

My home has gone up in value $50K in two years. Can we have a community that teachers can afford?”

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Irrigation Worker – 55 years old

○ "Here, I’m just working to pay for rent." ○ “We’ve been looking for apartments…but they were all a lot more expensive than we’re paying no. They are like $900 or more.” ○ “It’s hard to pay that for rent and have a vehicle when you don’t get paid much more than $8 an hour.”

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“My mother is sick and disabled and lives in Washington Park, she has had her house since I was 12…” Disabled Senior “She doesn’t have the money to fix it up and she is on a fixed income. Homeowner “Older and disabled seniors need assistance.” Fixed Income "Seniors cant’ stay in their homes, they don’t have the money for assisted living facilities.”

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Disabled Senior - Homeowner

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What stories do you have about housing challenges? Write your story on an index card We will collect them Share your story at your table

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Table Discussion # 1

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1. Rent is too damn high 2. Seniors – aging in place (assessments, repairs) 3. Wages for a variety of professions aren’t enough to afford housing:

• Education

State/city employee

4. Repairs / upkeep 5. Neighborhoods don’t have services 6. Currently affordable housing being rehabbed 7. Past problems disqualify you (felony, poor credit history) 8. High eviction rates 9. People experiencing unemployment

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Common Themes – Housing Challenges

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Which of these housing challenges would you prioritize addressing? (choose 2 in order)

1. Rent is too damn high 2. Seniors – aging in place 3. “Workforce housing” 4. Repairs / upkeep 5. Neighborhoods don’t have services 6. Currently affordable housing being rehabbed 7. Past problems disqualify you (felony, poor credit history) 8. High eviction rates 9. People experiencing unemployment

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What stories do you have about housing challenges?

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Polling – Prioritize Challenges to Address

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What solutions do you see for the top challenges we just identified? Write your solution on an index card We will collect them Share your solution at your table Large Group Report Out – 1 Idea Per Table

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Table Discussion # 2

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Next Steps

For more information, please visit: PHARVA.com

• Register for June 26th

meeting

• VCU

University Student Commons Commonwealth Ballroom 907 Floyd Avenue

• Focus on solutions and

strategies for implementation

• Get the word out!

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Thank You

Elizabeth Hancock Greenfield 804.422.5023 egreenfield@PHARVA.com PHARVA.com