Mapping Projects Show Impacts of Redlining
Why We’re Sharing This:
Understanding economic mobility in Richmond requires understanding how past policies continue to shape present opportunity. This reporting helps connect historical redlining and restrictive covenants to current disparities in housing, wealth, and neighborhood investment. As RVA Rising works to align cross-sector solutions, this context reminds us that today’s housing challenges are not accidental, but structural. A shared understanding of history strengthens our ability to build inclusive growth moving forward.
Partner Perspective: VPM
VPM is Virginia’s home for public media, connecting more than 2 million people across Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley through trusted news and storytelling. Through coverage of housing, public policy, education, and economic issues, they engage directly with the forces shaping opportunity in our region. We feature resources shared by VPM to ground economic mobility conversations in timely reporting and community voice.