Where We Live

Jeffrey's family has been living in a motel for over a year, following a 2017 eviction. Despite working two jobs, he has had difficulty finding an apartment because of the eviction on his record .

Nonprofit inside Richmond's John Marshall Courthouse offers tenants legal help fighting evictions.

In the year after The New York Times' story, landlords across the state have continued to file hundreds of evictions a day, but that's only part of the picture.

The number of neighborhoods for residents 55-plus is increasing, but these are expensive and not an option for a growing number of aging residents.

Segregation in U.S. cities, including Greater Richmond, can be traced to racist policies that gave whites significant advantages in where they could live and how they could fund a mortgage. In Virginia, several efforts are raising awareness about the legacy of those policies and what can be done moving forward.

This week, RRHA sent their five-year plan to the federal agency HUD for approval. RRHA’s board advanced the plan at the June 19 meeting without a lot of resident input -- and more than two weeks before the public comment period closed.

The conversation around demolishing Richmond’s majority black public housing projects has been reignited recently,and one big supporter of this idea is outgoing Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Mike Herring.

As property values in Richmond rise, a little known city program could help seniors age in their own homes and avoid displacement. But some advocates and elected officials say the city needs to do more to promote it. WCVE’s Roberto Roldan has more in our series Where We Live.

Only about a quarter of people who live in cities and surrounding suburbs know all or most of their neighbors, according to a 2018 report by the Pew Research Center. Of those who do know their neighbors, about half reported regular face-to-face conversations. One Henrico couple aims to change these trends by knocking on one door at a time.

Nationwide, 1 in 10 youth between the ages of 18 and 25 will experience homelessness over the course of a year. In Richmond, one program is trying to change that, by pairing young people with families willing to provide short or long-term housing.