Henrico County
Fast Facts:
- Henrico was home to 338,696 people and had 149,221 housing units in 2024. Since 2010, Henrico has added an average of 2,200 people and 1,200 housing units per year.
- Thirty-six percent of households were renters and 52 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.
Policy Status
Solving the region's affordable housing crisis requires a portfolio of policies to preserve existing affordable housing, produce more housing, and protect people from discrimination and displacement.
Right of First Refusal
- In progress: Henrico County
Preservation Inventory - Subsidized
- In progress: Henrico County
Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized
- In progress: Henrico County
Rental Assistance Demonstration
- In progress: Henrico County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners
- In progress: Henrico County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing
- In progress: Henrico County
Housing Outcomes
Local jurisdictions submitted data to enable the region to track housing production, preservation, and rental affordability.
Structural Racism
Discriminatory actions and racist public policies have produced inequitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of color in the Washington region, including lower incomes and wealth, lower homeownership rates, and higher rates of housing cost burden.
Housing Context
Understanding how household incomes relate to the supply of affordable rental and homeownership units will inform jurisdictions' efforts to meet the current and future housing needs of residents.
