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    screenshot of the homepage of the Housing Virginia website
    The Housing Virginia Affordability Sourcebook , article

    The Virginia Center for Housing Research continues to provide quarterly updates for Housing Virginia’s Housing Affordability Sourcebook, an online tool for determining housing affordability. The Housing Affordability Sourcebook is available at www.housingvirginia.org. A variety of housing affordability measures, including a series of housing affordability indices based on median housing cost and median income, are available for the state, metropolitan statistical areas, and Virginia localities.

    Date: Jul 20, 2023
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    Screenshot of the Playbook landing page for the Housing Virginia website
    The Housing Virginia Playbook , article

    The Virginia Center for Housing Research developed and updates an online searchable tool of affordable housing policies and programs in Virginia. This thorough inventory documents the policies and programs in place for Virginia’s 134 counties and independent cities. Users may search by either the locality or by 19 broad policy categories. The project is supported by the nonprofit organization Housing Virginia.

    Date: Jun 21, 2023
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    wooden blocks being used to build houses
    Regional + Local Nrv Housing Study , article

    The Virginia Center for Housing Research was part of a diverse team of regional and local stakeholders to develop the Regional + Local NRV Housing Study. This study began in 2018 with the goal of addressing housing questions from localities across the New River Valley. The Regional Commission partnered with the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech, Housing Forward Virginia, and czb, LLC to provide housing market data collection, analysis training, and strategy development.

    Date: Jul 20, 2023
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    House Report banner graphic showing $47.8 Billion Economic Activity broken down
    The Housing Policy Advisory Council Report (2018) , article

    In October 2014, Governor McAuliffe issued Executive Order (EO) 32, “Advancing Virginia’s Housing Policy,” to “identify and implement actions to enable quality, affordable housing, which will strengthen families and communities and foster economic growth.” The Housing Policy Advisory Council (HPAC) was thus established under the leadership of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to help guide the development and implementation of Virginia’s housing policy.

    Date: Aug 24, 2023
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    Table 1: Regions of Virginia with Migrant Farmworker Campsites
    Housing Conditions Of Migrant And Seasonal Farmworkers (1997) , article

    Migrant, seasonal workers are a critical labor force for planting and harvesting a variety of agricultural products in Virginia. Seasonal surges in demand for such labor are largely met by migrant workers who come from outside the United States in search of temporary employment. Within the agricultural economy, the farmer and the migrant worker have a symbiotic relationship that is structured by several important constraints.

    Date: Jul 17, 2023
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    Table 2: Populations Targeted by NHOs
    Partners In Housing: Virginia's Nonprofit Housing Sector (1999) , article

    The number of nonprofit housing organizations (NHOs) in Virginia has grown steadily over the 1990s.

    Date: Jul 17, 2023
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    Table 2: Estimated Number of Homeless Person Events, Rural Virginia, 2001
    The 2001 Virginia Rural Homeless Survey , article

    During the month of February 2001, the Virginia Tech Center for Housing Research and participating social service providers joined forces to count the rural homeless population in Virginia. The Virginia Housing Study Commission, the Virginia Interagency Action Council (VIACH) for the Homeless, and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (VDHCD) commissioned the Virginia Survey of Rural Homeless in response to House Joint Resolution 257 requesting a study of the number and needs of homeless people living in rural areas of the Commonwealth.

    Date: Jul 20, 2023
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    Metropolitan Counties in Appalachia Map
    Socioeconomic and Housing Trends in Central Appalachia (2002) , article

    Appalachia has long held the reputation of an “under developed, lagging region” (Isserman 1996b, 2). Limited economic opportunities and spatial isolation have always been major contributors to the region’s under-development. However, recent reports (Isserman 1996a and Isserman 1996b) reveal that socioeconomic conditions in Appalachia are changing. M

    Date: Jul 20, 2023
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    Fig 1: The Logistics (S)-Curve Model of the Diffusion Process Graph
    The Diffusion of Innovation in the Residential Building Industry (2003) , article

    Builders are more likely to adopt innovations than are single-family production builders. Although sales and supplier representatives, subcontractors, and trade shows are important sources of information about new products and materials for all builders, early-stage adopters rely on technology transfer programs and universities more than middle or late-stage adopters do.

    Date: Jul 20, 2023
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    Percent Change in Total Population by Census Tract, 1990 - 2000 Chesterfield Countym Virginia Map
    Housing Market Conditions and Housing Needs in Chesterfield County, Virginia (2003) , article

    The demand for housing in Chesterfield County has increased at a steady pace. The county has become the region’s largest location of owneroccupied housing, particularly for family housing. It plays an important role in providing affordable homeownership opportunities as well as ownership opportunities for minorities. In addition, the county is important as a source of rental housing for families and increasingly for the elderly (many of whom probably were homeowners within the county).

    Date: Jul 20, 2023

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