Technical Reports, Virginia Center for Housing Research (VCHR)

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Housing Needs Assessment for the State of West Virginia 2025
(West Virginia Housing Development Fund, 2025-12)
This report offers an in-depth analysis of West Virginia’s regional housing markets as defined by the state’s 11 Planning and Development Councils. Using a mixed methods approach that combines public and proprietary data from secondary sources with the experiences and insights of local housing stakeholders, it provides the West Virginia Housing Development Fund, state and local policy makers, and housing advocates with a comprehensive view of the state’s housing landscape including demographics, housing quality, and housing availability and unmet need at the county, region and state levels. It is designed to support more creative thinking and stronger collaboration at the state, regional and local levels as West Virginia works to address its most pressing housing needs.
Deed Fraud Study Final Report: Prepared in Response to Virginia Senate Bill 1270, 2025 Regular Session of the Virginia General Assembly
Jones, Mel; Raymond, Ainsley; Clower, Terry; Knopf, Jonathan; Dougherty, Maria (Virginia General Assembly, 2025-11-01)
Housing in the Shenandoah Valley: Affordability and Production to Support the Current and Future Workforce
(Shenandoah Valley Partnership, 2025-07)
The Shenandoah Valley Partnership (SVP) engaged the Virginia Center for Housing Research (VCHR) at Virginia Tech to report housing market conditions in the Shenandoah Valley, specifically the Harrisonburg and Staunton metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). SVP specifically requested evidence of housing needs among workers and information about development costs that incorporated both data and developer perspectives. In addition to this data and analysis, SVP requested general information about public-private partnerships for housing. Therefore, VCHR has offered a broad overview of potential partnership, as well as some targeted information based on SVP’s mission and capacity. As such, VCHR has included information about employer-assisted housing, especially those initiatives that address housing supply. In the final section of this report, VCHR has offered recommendations for SVP to promote adequate, attainable, affordable housing for Shenandoah Valley workers. These recommendations are rooted in market conditions, housing needs, and employer and developer feedback, as well as SVP’s capabilities.
Central Shenandoah Regional Housing Study: Technical Report
(Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission, 2025-01)
Southside Regional and Local Housing Study: Technical Report
Southside Planning District Commission; Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech; HousingForward Virginia (Southside Planning District Commission, 2024-12)
Central Shenandoah Regional Housing Study: Consumer Report
(Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission, 2025)
2024 West Piedmont Planning District Commission Housing Study
Jones, Mel; Choi, Seungbee; Knopf, Jonathan; Mai, Eric (West Piedmont Planning District Commission, 2024-01)
West Piedmont Planning District Commission (WPPDC) undertook this housing study in partnership with the Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech (VCHR) and HousingForward Virginia (HFV). PDCs serve member local governments within their region and build regional approaches to issues like economic development, transportation, and legislative priorities. The West Piedmont Planning District’s member localities are: Franklin, Henry, Patrick, and Pittsylvania Counties; the Cities of Danville and Martinsville; and the Town of Rocky Mount. Each member locality identified housing as a concern in their jurisdiction and with the opportunities offered through Virginia Housing, elected to conduct a regional housing study.
Virginia Beach Housing Study Update: Market Analysis and Policy Recommendations
Jones, Mel; Choi, Seungbee; Goldberg-Foss, Mark; Knopf, Jonathan (City of Virginia Beach, 2024-01)
Virginia Beach’s housing market has progressed since 2016, showing both positive growth and emerging challenges. Home prices are rising yet remain reasonably accessible. The pace of sales and vacancy rates indicates market balance. However, increasing market tightness presents challenges, notably the scarcity of affordable homes for low-income families. The study outlines these trends and proposes policy solutions to ensure housing opportunities for all.
Housing the Richmond Region: Needs, Impediments, and Strategies
Virginia Center for Housing Research; Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (The Partnership for Housing Affordability, 2015)
On behalf of the Capital Region Collaborative, the Partnership for Housing Affordability commissioned this report to determine how we can work together to ensure adequate housing quality for Richmond residents of all incomes and circumstances.
Randolph County Housing Study
Jones, Mel; Eades, Daniel; Choi, Seungbee (2023-04)
Housing Needs and Trends in Central Appalachia and Appalachian Alabama
Jones, Mel; Eades, Daniel; Choi, Seungbee (Fahe, 2023-07-20)
City of Bluefield Housing Study, 2023
Jones, Mel; Zahm, Diane; Brown, Tyler; Boyce, Tyrone; Brummond, Jenna; Ekram, Khondaker Moham; Fox, Evan; Hartwick, Ali; McKinney, Brant; Poore, Michael (City of Bluefield, West Virginia, 2023-11-30)
Town of Vinton Housing Market Study
Jones, Mel (2022-11-30)
The Virginia Center for Housing Research (VCHR) conducted a basic, targeted housing market study for the Town of Vinton to evaluate housing affordability and availability for Vinton residents and for employees working in Vinton. Given limited time and resources, the VCHR study compared housing availability and affordability by occupation in the Vinton market, identifying high-demand and missing housing types and price points. The organization examined housing variety by number of bedrooms, housing type (i.e., single-family, single-family attached, or multifamily housing), tenure (i.e., renter or owner), and housing age to identify underrepresented types. Housing types were further analyzed in the context of current market preferences as observed in the trade literature. Finally, a housing affordability gap analysis was conducted to identify critical gaps that may limit community health and economic development.
State of the Market and Local Policy: Accessory Dwelling Units in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Clower, Terry L.; Waters, Keith; Eisel, Valrie; Versel, David; Benson, Brien; Jones, Mel; Choi, Seungbee; Knof, Jonathan; Mai, Eric (Accessory Dwelling Unit Stakeholders Advisory Group, 2021-11)
The following reports the findings of a data and information gathering exercise to provide the Accessory Dwelling Unit Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) input on key issues related to accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The work performed in this analysis and the SAG was implemented pursuant to House Bill 2053.
The Regional + Local NRV Housing Study - Detailed Report
Virginia Center for Housing Research; Housing Forward Virginia; New River Valley Regional Commission (New River Valley Region, 2021)
The New River Valley (NRV) is a desirable place to live and work. The region’s population is growing, creating more jobs and amenities, and it offers diverse settings as well as relative affordability and superior amenities that appeal to a variety of households and support our economic competitiveness. However, relatively low median days on market and steep price increases are evidence of a potential housing shortage. Whereas steady increases in demand (and thereby prices) are important for protecting the investments of current residents, a market with too little housing inventory makes housing upgrades or changes to more appropriate housing difficult (or impossible) for current residents and may stagnate growth. The NRV is facing various housing affordability and availability issues that are starting to affect the region’s quality of life and ability to grow.
2013 Virginia Residential Real Estate Appraiser Remuneration: Survey And Report
Sanderford, Andrew R.; Boyle, Kevin J.; McCoy, Andrew P.; Xu, Weibin; Jones, Mel (Virginia Center for Housing Research, 2014-10-09)
This report describes the results from a survey of Virginia real estate appraisers. The survey was conducted by the Virginia Center for Housing Research and the Virginia Tech Program in Real Estate in the spring of 2014 and focused on fees paid for residential real estate appraisals in Virginia in 2013.
Fact Sheet - Twelve Facts From The Virginia LIHTC Study
Virginia Center for Housing Research (Housing Virginia, 2015)
Twelve facts from a new energy study show cost savings to Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) residents in Virginia.
The Impact of Energy Efficient Design and Construction on LIHTC Housing in Virginia
McCoy, Andrew P. (Housing Virginia, 2015)
The purpose of this report is to identify and verify possible benefits of the shift in housing policy by the Virginia Housing development Authority (VHDA) to encourage energy efficiency (EE) in the affordable rental stock in Virginia through the LIHTC program. The research addresses key issues related to Energy Efficiency and affordable housing through a rigorous measurement of economic impacts for low-income residents, distinguishing the effects of design, construction, technologies and behavior per unit. In addition, the research addresses how the policy to use EE might impact developers and owners in terms of property capital and operating costs. Data, analysis and findings focus specifically on facilities constructed to the EarthCraft MultiFamily standard in Virginia, one of the only datasets currently available that allows for this type of inquiry.
Mobile and Manufactured Homes In Central Appalachia and Alabama: Age, Condition and Need for Replacement
Jones, Mel; Koebel, C. Theodore; McCoy, Andrew P.; Shanholtz, Spencer A.; Moeller, Julia (Virginia Center for Housing Research, 2016-09)
This study provides a comprehensive snapshot of mobile and manufactured housing in Central Appalachia and Alabama and identifies the most pressing needs of residents in the region. Local housing partners plan to build on the findings of the report and develop policy recommendations to address the issues revealed in the study, in particular the cost burden of families living in manufactured housing. These recommendations will focus on shaping a federal manufactured housing replacement bill and strengthening ENERGY STAR programs, including advocating for the reinstatement of the Tennessee Valley Authority incentive program, supporting Duty to Serve credit, improving state housing financial agency lending programs and a supporting federal tax credit for home manufacturers.
Virginia Beach Housing Needs Assessment, Market Analysis, and Re-Investment Study
Jones, Mel; McCoy, Andrew P.; Koebel, C. Theodore; Shanholtz, Spencer A.; Berryman, Alex; Buki, Charles; Beck-Pooley, Karen (Virginia Center for Housing Research, 2016)
After decades of growth, the City of Virginia Beach is not as desirable to the wider market as it has been historically, and the housing market faces serious challenges, due in part to two major demographic and economic shifts. First, the millennial generation has surpassed baby boomers as the nation’s largest living generation (Fry, 2016). As millennials get older, they are becoming the nation’s largest market segment and their preferences are beginning to make a substantial difference in the housing market.

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