FAQs

The City of Richmond's Affordable Housing Strategy defines:

• recommendations, policies, directions, priorities, definitions and annual targets for affordable housing.
• the City’s three key priorities to address the need for affordable housing in Richmond, as outlined in the table below.

The City follows the practice widely adopted in North America and Commonwealth countries to define when housing is affordable. It is when tenants/owners do not have to spend more than 30 per cent of their gross income on housing costs (excluding utility fees, telephone, internet, cablevision and the like).

A coach house is a detached, self contained dwelling located beside and above the garage accessed by a lane in the rear yard of a single family residential lot. 

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