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The Authority receives Capital Improvement funds from the U.S. Department of Urban Development (HUD)
annually for the development, financing and modernization of public housing. Many of the
renovations of the Authority’s aging housing stock are included in the Five-Year Plan. As with many housing
authorities, the capital needs of NNRHA’s current public housing inventory have outpaced federal funding.
Over the past several years, NNRHA has been focusing on repositioning some of its public housing to preserve
and develop needed affordable housing units. NNRHA has already converted 468 of its public housing inventory
under HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration Program. Complexes marked with an * in Table 38 have been
converted.
In June 2016, the City and NNRHA were awarded a $500,000 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) Grant from
HUD to plan for the revitalization and transformation of a portion of the Southeast Community. This planning
grant enabled the City and Authority to prepare a comprehensive approach to address neighborhoods and
distressed public or HUD-assisted housing to transform the neighborhood. The program is designed to facilitate
improvements in neighborhood assets, housing, services, and schools. Authority- owned property located in
the targeted area includes Ridley Place, Spratley House, Lassiter Courts, and a portion of Marshall Courts
Since the award of the above mentioned CNI Planning Grant, the City and NNHRA worked with Ridley Residents
and other citizens in the community, public and private agencies and organizations to develop a comprehensive
neighborhood revitalization strategy or Transformation Plan. The final Transformation Plan was adopted by the
Newport News City Council in June of 2018 and submitted to and accepted by HUD in July 2018. The
Transformation Plan is the guiding document for the revitalization of the Ridley Public Housing Community.
In May 2019, HUD awarded a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant for revitalization
projects in the Marshall-Ridley Choice Neighborhood. These funds will be leveraged with public and private
investments to undertake a comprehensive transformation of the Ridley Place community and address the
challenges in the surrounding neighborhood.
As part of the CNI Transformation Plan, Ridley Place will be redeveloped over several phases with hard
replacement units onsite, as well as some units replaced as tenant-based or project-based
vouchers. The CNI transformation plan will govern the mix of the 259 replacement units
The Authority will continue ongoing renovations of residential units at Marshall Courts. The comprehensive
improvements include removal of mansard roofing and exterior renovations, new windows and exterior doors,
new lighting (interior and exterior), the construction of new porches, replacement of HVAC equipment,
renovations to the kitchens including new cabinets and appliances, new flooring throughout the units,
renovated bathrooms. The units undergoing renovations must be vacant to perform the work.
Staff from the HUD Richmond Field Office will be working with the Agency to explore repositioning possibilities
of the remaining public housing inventory. Also, the Virginia Housing Development Authority
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