Sharing the stage with leaders from around the region Jan. 22 at the Partnership for Housing Affordability’s 2026 State of Housing in the Richmond Region event, Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas detailed how the county is addressing crucial housing issues and championed the ability for localities to have flexibility in how they do so within their own borders.
During the elected and appointed leader panel at the annual event, held this year at the Virginia History Museum in Richmond, Vithoulkas joined Richmond Mayor Danny Avula and New Kent County Administrator Rodney Hathaway to unpack regional priorities, emerging strategies and areas of greatest need.
Unsurprisingly, Vithoulkas said that the most pressing housing need for Henrico right now is affordable housing…