Housing, Planning, and Public Spaces

Piedmont Virginia Community College teamed up with University of Virginia Equity Center to create the Orange Dot 6.0 Report. It highlights economic indicators that directly impact families across the Charlottesville region. “There are so many families struggling in our…

Our community is invested in providing a wide variety of programs and services to meet the unique interests of it’s young residents and their families. Our intent is to improve the connection between youth-serving organizations and youth and their families by providing…

Founding Faculty Director, Barbara Brown Wilson discusses The Equity Center's climate justice initiatives on With Good Reason.

The Albemarle County Equity Profile analyzes various conditions across demographic groups and geographic areas that contribute to well-being. This online version provides some key results from the full Equity Profile.

The Orange Dot Report 5.0 represents the continuation of our progress toward a more fully and equitable thriving region. Incorporating an updated description of the condition of families in our larger region, Orange Dot 5.0 marks the beginning of an annual update completed in…

Rent exploitation, when tenants are overcharged in rent relative to the value of the property in which they reside, is one way landlords contribute to high rent burdens in low-income neighborhoods. Building on new ways of measuring rent exploitations, the Equity Center…

The Virginia Evictors Catalog provides information about property owners, or their representatives, who have filed tenant evictions across the Commonwealth. It compiles and processes publicly available data from Virginia State District Courts to reflect the names of the…

The University of Virginia Equity Center has released its 2023 report on the well-being of Charlottesville and Albemarle County.