Affordable Housing Development in Rural Virginia

Suzanne Holland talks about the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's recent visit to Martinsville to learn about the economic challenges and opportunities in the city and surrounding communities in southern Virginia. Kate Keller describes one issue in the region — the shortage of affordable housing — and the unique approach to the problem taken by her organization, the Harvest Foundation. Holland is a senior outreach specialist at the Richmond Fed and Keller is president of the Harvest Foundation. Full transcript and related links:

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Affordable Housing Development in Rural Virginia is an episode from Speaking of the Economy by Richmond Fed.

This episode is 17:14 long.

This episode was published on Mar 11, 2026.

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