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Minutes of a Meeting of the
Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Approval of
Minutes June 17,
2025
New Business
The Board of
Commissioners of the
Newport News
Redevelopment and
Housing Authority
Authorizing the
Executive Director to
Enter Into a Contract
with Habitat for
Humanity Peninsula
and Greater
Williamsburg
Report to the
Board
July 15, 2025
Commissioner Bell moved that the minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of
Commissioners held on June 17, 2025 be approved. The motion was seconded by
Commissioner Knight and passed with a majority vote.
The Board was provided copies of a resolution authorizing the Executive Director to
enter into a contract with Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg.
Ms. Shaw reported that the Authority administers the HOME Investment
Partnerships Program on behalf of the City of Newport News. The purpose of this
program is to expand the supply of affordable housing. On an annual basis, at least
15 percent of HOME funds must be set aside for specific activities to be undertaken
by a special type of non-profit called a Community Housing Development
Organization (CHDO). A CHDO is a private non-profit, community based
organization that has staff with the capacity io develop affordable housing for the
community it serves.
Habitat for Humanity has requested a total of $300,000 in CHDO grant funds. The
requested funds will be used towards the construction of four (4) single family
homes located at 814, 818, 822 and 824 24" Street. Once the homes are
completed, they will be sold to families who are at or below 80% of the AML The
Authority and Habitat for Humanity executed a Development Agreement dated
February 29, 2024 detailing the required development provisions that must be
followed.
The requested amount represenis an additional allocation for the current program
year and funding for this request will be made available from program funding from
both program years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.
Board approval of $300,000 in HOME program funding to support Habitat for
Humanity鈥檚 affordable housing initiatives is recommended.
Commissioner Knight made a motion to approve the resolution. Commissioner
Diggs seconded the motion which passed with a unanimous vote. The resolution is
attached to and made a part of these minutes.
The Report to the Board for July 2025 had been provided to the Board of
Commissioners. A copy of the subject report is on file in the office of the Executive
Director.
Ms. Lockley reported the NNRHA Controlled Multi-Family Properties Waitlist data as
follows: There are 591 Public Housing applications, 79 of which are approved
leaving 512 pending applications. The Housing Choice Voucher program has 4,437
applications, of which 43 were approved with 4,394 pending. During the month of
June, there were a total of 29 new applicants housed between the Public Housing,
Housing Choice Voucher and Mod Rehab (SRO) programs. The Public Housing
program is currently occupied at 95% and the Housing Choice Voucher program is
currently at 83%. The MOD Rehab Program, which includes Warwick SRO, is 91%
occupied. All of the apartment affordable housing communities are occupied at 88%
on average.
Ms. Lockley also reported that the Community Resources hosted the 2025 HUD
Strong Families Community Event. The event was held in the Aqueduct community
on June 24, 2025 and the second event was held at Marshall Courts Recreation
Center on June 25, 2025. The In-Kind Donor Luncheon was held on June 4, 2025 at
the Olive Garden in Hampton.
Ms. Shaw provided an update to the Public Housing report. She noted that an
INSPIRE inspection was conducted at the Oyster Point-Brighton property. The
inspection, which focuses on the interior of the units, resulted in a score of 59,
falling short of the passing score of 60. NNRHA plans to dispute this finding, an
attempt to obtain a higher NSPIRE score. USIG, an external inspection company
will be assisting with identifying some of the deficiencies before the scheduled
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