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A RESOLUTION OF THE NEWPORT NEWS REDEVELOPMENT AND
HOUSING AUTHORITY AUTHORIZING REVISED UTILITY
ALLOWANCES FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND THE SECTION 8 HCV
PROGRAM AND AMENDMENT TO THE 5 YEAR PLAN
WHEREAS, the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing
Authority manages the following family public housing complexes: Aqueduct and
Marshall Courts.
WHEREAS, the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing
Authority administers a tenant-based Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher
Program; and
WHEREAS, a notice of the amendment for utility allowances
requesting citizen comment was placed in the Daily Press on November 2, 2025
and December 7, 2025 and the Tidewater Hispanic News on November 6, 2025;
WHEREAS, notices of the proposed change were posted in
management offices and hand delivered to residents on October 29, 2025; and
WHEREAS, utility allowances were recently updated by complex
and unit size based on current rates and a reasonable estimate of the
consumption of utilities by an energy conserving household of modest
circumstances. The allowances are consistent with the requirements of a safe,
sanitary and healthful living environment; and
WHEREAS, tenant paid utilities encourages self- sufficiency,
reduces tenant accounts receivables and promotes energy conversation; and
WHEREAS, all public housing residents were given notice of the
proposed allowance schedule and an opportunity to comment;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of
Commissioners of the Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority that
revised Utility Allowances for Public Housing and the Section 8 Housing Choice
Voucher Program are hereby approved to be effective January 1,2026.Jump to an indexed page (66 of 66)