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The City was involved in the following actions associated with the HRCHRB to affirmatively further fair
housing:
Action: Continued staff and financial support of the HRCHRB.
Action: HRCHRB Localities continued reproducing an electronic Fair Housing Handbook that originated
through the HRCHRB on an as needed basis.
Action: The HRCHRB website was kept up to date with relevant information.
Action: Continued participation in the Hampton Roads Housing Consortium (HRHC).
CR-40 - Monitoring 91.220 and 91.230
Describe the standards and procedures used to monitor activities carried out in furtherance
of the plan and used to ensure long-term compliance with requirements of the programs
involved, including minority business outreach and the comprehensive planning
requirements
Monitoring of CDBG and HOME is ongoing and undertaken at various staff levels by City personnel.
NNRHA is the principal organization and is under contract with the City and administers CDBG and
HOME Program activities in the community. The City’s Department of Development headed by the
Director of Development is responsible for oversight and is the liaison with NNRHA in the planning and
execution of these programs.
The Business Development Specialist and a Project Coordinator are the City’s primary liaison with NNRHA
in the planning, execution, assessment and evaluation of CDBG and HOME activities and any other
programs funded by HUD on a daily basis. These individual’s experience, knowledge of these programs,
actual community development operations in targeted areas, knowledge of service providers and
available non-profit services greatly facilitate the review of activities and an assessment of planned versus
actual accomplishments. These individuals from the city, facilitate bi-weekly meetings, either in-person
or virtually, between City and NNRHA staff to better focus on ongoing activities and encourage consistent
progress toward projected goals and to discuss challenges if necessary.
The daily, but more routine oversight is undertaken by mid-level staff in concert with top-level
management at the City and NNRHA. In addition to bi-weekly meetings of the mid-level staff, related
quarterly performance meetings are also coordinated by the City’s Department of Development and
attended by the City’s Director of Development, the City’s Business Development Specialist, NNRHA’s
Executive Director and Director of Community Development and other key NNRHA and City staff. The
primary topic at such meetings is the review of planned versus actual activities and related expenditure
of monies along with both local and Federal funding, potential obstacles and strategies to be successful
in completing activities.
NNRHA staff usually conducts annual monitoring of CDBG public service funded activities. The City also
normally performs annual monitoring of NNRHA, usually including an on-site file review and electronic
monitoring of project information. On-site monitoring by NNRHA and the City was affected the past
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