Homes for All Our Neighbors

Homes for All Our Neighbors A new coalition of Richmond nonprofits + individuals working to expand housing access and affordability through Code Refresh

How did our city get its shape โ€” and what will change it over the next 50 years?On ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฒ, three local thought...
04/17/2026

How did our city get its shape โ€” and what will change it over the next 50 years?

On ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฒ, three local thought leaders will come together to talk about housing, fairness, and how zoning shapes who gets to live where.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ will lead the conversation.

โžก๏ธ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„! Link in bio.

Heโ€™ll be joined by ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†-๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€, an historian whose research on the roots of Richmondโ€™s zoning helps explain why so many residents today face barriers to finding safe, stable housing.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‡๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ, executive director of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia, will share how zoning laws can limit housing choices for people across Richmond and the surrounding region.

Homes for All Our Neighbors โ€” a coalition of 23 area nonprofits working toward zoning in Richmond that opens doors for everyone โ€” presents this conversation in partnership with the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.

๐ŸŽ‰ Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ to the coalition!Chesapeake Climate Action Network ()Climate Changema...
01/08/2026

๐ŸŽ‰ Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ to the coalition!

Chesapeake Climate Action Network ()
Climate Changemakers Richmond
Commonwealth Catholic Charities ()

Each new partner brings a deep commitment to equity, care for our neighbors, and a vision of a Richmond where everyone can thrive.

Together, weโ€™re building momentum for a Code Refresh that makes room for ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ โ€” in every part of our city.

Stay tuned for more from us soon!

๐€ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.We mapped public comments on Code Refresh draft 1. The pattern is clear: responses...
12/12/2025

๐€ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.

We mapped public comments on Code Refresh draft 1. The pattern is clear: responses came overwhelmingly from majority-white, upper-income neighborhoodsโ€”despite Richmond being a majority Black and Brown city.

The median home value among commenters who shared addresses? More than ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐žย the city average.
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This isnโ€™t because other residents donโ€™t care about housing. Itโ€™s because engaging in planning processes requires time, resources, and access many working families simply donโ€™t have.
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๐‚๐จ๐๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐.ย 

Thatโ€™s why Homes for All Our Neighbors existsโ€”to ensure housing policy serves everyone, not just those with the time and resources to dominate planning conversations.
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We need more voices. More homes. More justice. No doubt.



๐Ÿ“Š data analysis by Barry Oโ€™Keefe
๐Ÿ—บ๏ธย map by Daniel Wolfe

11/25/2025

As Richmond releases a scaled-back second draft of its zoning overhaul, ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ coalition members say the stakes go beyond housing. Jovan Burton of the Partnership for Housing Affordability notes the rewrite will be "๐›๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค," shaping opportunity + access across the city.

Keyris Manzanares of VPM has the report: https://www.vpm.org/news/2025-11-25/rva-code-refresh-draft-two-zoning-housing-city-planning

Ready to lift your voice? Join us ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก at City Hall. Sign our petition to make sure you're in loop: https://homesforallourneighbors.org/join

โžก๏ธ "...cities and towns that allow only single-family homes in most areas and that restrict apartments tend to be less a...
11/17/2025

โžก๏ธ "...cities and towns that allow only single-family homes in most areas and that restrict apartments tend to be less affordable and have lower shares of Black and Hispanic residents..."

Read that again.

Richmond's current zoning code doesn't just determine what gets built. It determines ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. And right now, it's shutting people out.

This is what segregation looks like today. Different tools, similar results.

Last year, coalition partner documented double-digit losses of Black residents across neighborhoods in the heart of Richmond. Our current zoning code is pushing people out.

Code Refresh gives us the chance to fix this. To open ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ. To expand housing choices for ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

Join us! โžก๏ธ homesforallourneighbors.org

๐Ÿ  Richmondโ€™s neighborhoods are full of beautiful homes โ€” but under todayโ€™s zoning code, many of them couldnโ€™t be built a...
11/12/2025

๐Ÿ  Richmondโ€™s neighborhoods are full of beautiful homes โ€” but under todayโ€™s zoning code, many of them couldnโ€™t be built again. A new article + slideshow from Architecture Richmond breaks it down.

For decades, zoning in Richmond has limited the kinds of homes we can build โ€” driving up costs, fueling sprawl, and making walkable living hard to find or afford.

Local architect Don O'Keefe, born and raise in Richmond, writes that Code Refresh code could help Richmond grow affordably and protect the character that makes our neighborhoods special.

โžก๏ธ Read the full article: https://architecturerichmond.com/why-zoning-reform-is-right-for-richmond/

11/12/2025

More than half of Richmonders rent their homes. But most city land is off-limits to apartments. That means too few homes, too much competition, and prices that pit neighbors against each other.

Gustavo Espinosa, a community organizer with Legal Aid Justice Center Fan resident, shares why he loves Richmond โ€” but also, why itโ€™s become far too expensive for too many of the people who make this city run.

โ€œWe need Code Refresh to build the kinds of homes everyone can afford,โ€ he says, โ€œespecially low-income renters.โ€

Weโ€™re just getting started โ€” and people are taking notice. ๐Ÿ˜ŽExciting to see The Richmonder cover the launch of ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ...
11/11/2025

Weโ€™re just getting started โ€” and people are taking notice. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Exciting to see The Richmonder cover the launch of ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ โ€” and highlight our call for zoning that creates more housing choices, fairness, and affordability across Richmond.

Full story here: https://www.richmonder.org/affordable-housing-and-other-nonprofits-launch-campaign-in-support-of-zoning-code-changes/

Hey Richmond! ๐Ÿ‘‹ We're new on Instagram, but we've been around your block โ€” we're a coalition of nonprofits working on ho...
11/10/2025

Hey Richmond! ๐Ÿ‘‹ We're new on Instagram, but we've been around your block โ€” we're a coalition of nonprofits working on housing. (Some of us have been at it for more than 50 years!)

We're showing up and speaking out about the need to expand equal access to housing โ€” through Code Refresh, a project of the City that will rewrite the rules of what can get built, and where.

๐Ÿ“ฃ We have some thoughts. Check out our website to see who we are, what we believe, what we know, and what we support: homesforallourneighbors.org.

Richmond can be a place where everyone has a home they can afford โ€” in a neighborhood they love.Right now, weโ€™re not the...
11/10/2025

Richmond can be a place where everyone has a home they can afford โ€” in a neighborhood they love.

Right now, weโ€™re not there yet. But with Code Refresh, the cityโ€™s zoning overhaul now underway now, we have a once-in-a-generation chance to expand housing options, promote affordability, and prevent existing residents from getting pushed out.

๐Ÿก ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ is a coalition of individuals + organizations working to make sure Code Refresh creates opportunity for everyone.

โœจ Learn more โ€” and see how you can add your voice: homesforallourneighbors.org.

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