Housing

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has enacted a ban on evictions through December 31, 2020. The temporary moratorium comes in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and only halts evictions related to nonpayment of rent for people experiencing financial hardship as a result of the pandemic.

Public housing agencies are required to get input on their plans from residents - but even after failing to do so last year, critics say RRHA is off to a rough start this year, too.

Housing advocates from across the state held a demonstration outside the building where Virginia’s Senate met to kick off the special session on Tuesday.

Virginia’s Supreme Court is freezing all evictions for unpaid rent through Labor Day. In Virginia, 9,441 eviction hearings were scheduled through September 18 — 1,440 of which in the City of Richmond.

Following concerns of COVID-19 exposure, Richmond’s John Marshall Courthouse has closed its doors to criminal and traffic cases through Tuesday, August 4 or until further notice. But civil hearings — including hundreds of evictions — will continue.

After a federal class-action lawsuit, Richmond's public housing authority voted to change a billing process that racked up cascading late fees for tenants.

When courts reopened across Virginia, a wave of evictions flooded through them — and advocates raised concerns about the possibility of some being carried out unlawfully.

La ciudad de Richmond comenzó un programa de ayuda para pagar renta e hipoteca este lunes que ofrece apoyo económico a hogares de inmigrantes que han sido impactados por la pandemia de COVID-19.

The City of Richmond launched a rent and mortgage assistance program on Monday, that will offer relief to immigrant households that have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Evictions have resumed in Virginia — with 9,383 eviction hearings scheduled statewide through the end of July. However, some properties are still technically protected under a federal moratorium put in place under the CARES Act.