Notes / Housing
Housing
Richmond's housing stock is always changing — values shift, new buildings go up, existing ones fall into disrepair or get fixed, owners ask the City for permission to do something zoning doesn't allow by right. Each of these is tracked separately in the City's own systems; this page is one path through all of them, in the order you'd naturally ask the questions. Every chapter links back to the underlying records and to the City's own source.
Values
Neighborhoods ranked by typical home value growth, and how much of that growth is new construction versus the City reassessing what's already there.
Growth
Every new-construction and demolition permit since 2016, mapped — where Richmond is adding buildings and where it's removing them.
Upkeep
Confirmed property-maintenance code violations by neighborhood over the last 24 months, with the inspection type behind each one.
Zoning change
Open special-use permits citywide — what each applicant wants to do that base zoning doesn't allow by right, and where it stands with the Planning Commission and City Council.
Zoning change
Board of Zoning Appeals cases with a hearing coming up, and what's been decided recently.
Preservation
Every Certificate of Appropriateness before the Commission of Architectural Review — the design-review gate for exterior work in Richmond's Old & Historic districts.
Stay on top of it
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Reference
- Look up a parcel — full development history for one address: permits, plans, inspections, code cases, and assessment history in one place.