Program areas at Housingforward Virginia
Housing Virginia Campaign, Inc. ("hvc")supports regional initiatives aimed at increasing virginians access to high quality affordable Housing. In support of regional efforts, Housing Virginia provides both a direct partnering role in several key regions and technical assistance/planning support to many others. Hvc provides educational information via their website which include "best practices in affordable Housing", "overcoming nimby", "Housing storyworks", and "Housing Virginia toolkit". "best practices in affordable Housing" provides easy-to-understand fact sheets that illustrate some of the best practices in affordable Housing and are listed by name of the featured organization and grouped into 5 major categories. "overcoming nimby" provides tools for overcoming nimbyism (not in my back yard) which include transparent communication, dispelling myths with facts, and finding community supporters who understand the benefits that quality Housing can bring to their neighborhood. "Housing storyworks" is a collection of short vignettes from affordable Housing providers, clients, and advocates about how affordable Housing positively impacted their communities. "Housing Virginia toolkit" provides breakdowns of the types of affordable Housing, a glossary of common industry terms, a guide to creating affordable Housing, and a guide to building an awareness Campaign.
Housing Virginia provides research results and online tools for individuals and organizations to obtain the facts to assist in being able to tell their own stories, education policy makers, and address affordable Housing issues. Housing Virginia offers sourcebook via their website as a comprehensive Housing affordability resource that includes the most current available information on Housing affordability. The measures highlighted here provide a benchmark of general affordability over time and illustrate in a straightforward manner the complexities of affordability. Housing Virginia offers playbook as a resource for policy makers, Housing advocates, and others interested in affordable Housing. Playbook is a comprehensive inventory of affordable Housing policies and programs within Virginia. Playbook provides the name and description the affordable Housing policy or program and, optionally, additional details about the policy or program including local contact. Housing virginias research section is sorted by topic and geographic focus. Our resources span some of the best and most widely cited Housing and related research that is publicly available online. The database is continuously updated.
Housing Virginia provides local and regional Housing network support and Housing awareness grants to organizations involved in providing affordable Housing to virginians. Housing Virginia provides comprehensive training that aims to assist affordable Housing providers, local government, and advocates with their efforts in overcoming opposition to their projects and policies. The training series included zoning, planning and data best practices and various webinars on how to navigate the sourcebook and playbook and use the Housing data calculators.
Serves as fiscal agent for the governor's Housing conference 2016-2022 llc. A single member limited liability company formed 3/29/16 with Housing Virginia Campaign Inc 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.