Housing Virginia Campaign Inc

Psa 2 - education & research we create data tools and educational resources that help you understand housing needs in your community. Our research explores housing's connections to health, education, and rural development through interactive apps like sourcebook, playbook, and the virginia zoning atlas. Consistent operational support from grantees allows hfv to build core resources that are further leveraged to develop programming for specific regional and issue-based initiatives. These activities-which might span a single year or just several months-are more easily supported by traditional private and philanthropic funding sources. Examples of core resources that are not possible without flexible operational support include, sourcebook, an online compendium of housing data specific to virginia that had over 700 users in 2023. It collects, summarizes, and presents dozens of different data points to help users understand housing trends in their communities to advocate for and implement better housing solutions. Sourcebook is regularly updated as new data is made available. Hfv will continue significant upgrades to sourcebook throughout 2024. These efforts will focus on rebuilding dashboards and calculators to improve user experience, as well as creating additional new dashboards. Playbook is being redeveloped into individual issue deep dives. A revamped playbook will provide a comparative analysis of how different jurisdictions are tackling certain housing policies or strategies. In early 2025, hfv will release the virginia accessory dwelling unit (adu) playbook, which will showcase how each jurisdiction treats accessory dwelling units in their community.

Psa 3 - facilitation and contract research we convene diverse stakeholders across virginia to learn about innovative ideas and solutions that are driving the affordable housing industry forward. We make a concerted effort to bring in experts outside of housing and virginia to bring a fresh perspective on housing. We also provide fee-for-service research and technical assistance, including housing market and policy analysis. Our experience in virginia provides a valuable perspective in how to implement strategies that work in local communities. Due to the increasingly significant focus on the role local land use regulations play in maintaining our shortage of affordable housing, hfv joined the national zoning atlas initiative in early 2023 to begin building a virginia zoning atlas (vza). Following proven methods developed by cornell university, hfv began compiling local zoning maps and ordinances into a standardized format to easily reveal how and where different types of housing can be built-or not be built-across local jurisdictions and entire regions. Hfv has since joined dozens of other states in the creation of a statewide database for local zoning regulations. Hfv launched the vza in late 2023 after completing all localities in the hampton roads planning district commission (hrpdc). In spring 2024, they completed the northern virginia region with support from the mercatus center at george mason university. As part of northern virginia affordable housing alliance's thomas p. Leckey forum, hfv and the mercatus center showcased the results of the northern virginia zoning atlas. Later in fall 2024, hfv co-hosted an event with the university of richmond and the partnership for housing affordability to showcase the addition of the richmond region to the vza. This event. Which was attended by over 300 individuals, highlighted the intersection of educational outcomes and housing segregation. Housingforward virginia continues to accept contract work to support local governments, nonprofits, and other entities in addressing their affordable housing needs (often in partnership with the virginia center for housing research at virginia tech (vchr)). Hfv is a major provider of market analysis and policy generation for regional housing assessments across virginia. In 2024, hfv and vchr completed studies for the central shenandoah planning district commission, the west piedmont planning district commission, and the southside planning district commission.

Psa 4 governors housing conference hfv serves as fiscal agent for the virginia governor's housing conference, an annual conference held by the virginia department of housing and community development and virginia housing, hfv serves in this role through virginia governor's housing conference llc, a single member limited liability company formed on june 26, 2018 with housing virginia campaign inc d/b/a housingforward virginia as its sole member thereby giving the llc exempt status. All income and expenses of the llc are being reported under housing virginia campaign inc on this 990. The virginia governor's housing conference has a broad range of attendees from many professional sectors including nonprofit organizations, foundations and other philanthropic donors, affordable housing developers, economic developers, local government elected officials, design professionals, financial institutions, government agencies, private developers, real estate professionals, educational institutions, trade organizations, community-based and faith-based organizations, and public housing providers. The conference consistently attracts more than 900 affordable housing advocates, providers and policy makers to discuss a host of important issues affecting all virginians.