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NRHA study: public housing drives economy
04.01.2013
In Norfolk, public housing in 2010 had a yearly economic impact of $121.5 million and created 1,148 jobs with an average wage of $46,434, according to the summary of a three-part Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority study released last week. read more Read More

Norfolk housing agency seeks build, sell balance
02.11.2013
The Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority has paid a company nearly $700,000 to design a new headquarters, but unless it finds a buyer for the Royster Building, its current home, those plans will never leave the page. read more Read More

Eminent domain amendment passes; local businesses continue land seizure battles
12.28.2012
In the November election, Virginia voters widely agreed to give property owners more rights against eminent domain. Eminent domain is the power of the local, state or federal government to take private property for public use. read more Read More

Norfolk revokes vouchers for renters in arrears
12.28.2012
Faced with a $700,000 shortage in the pool that helps low-income residents pay their rent, the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority decided it was time to get tough with tenants who fell behind on their payments. So officials began taking vouchers away from tenants who owed back rent.... Read More

New health center opens in Norfolk public housing community
12.20.2012
It will now be easier for people living in Young Terrace to get to a doctor since the Communicare Health Center opened there Monday. Read More

Health Center to serve public housing residents
12.15.2012
Estelle Pettus no longer has to pay bus fare to go to the doctor. Now she can walk a few blocks to a new health center in Young Terrace, a public housing neighborhood managed by the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority.  Read More

Norfolk public housing community to get health center
12.14.2012
The state's first public-housing-based health center will open Monday in Young Terrace at 804 Whitaker Lane, according to officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. read more Read More

Art School Finds New Digs in Old Building
12.09.2012
Until just recently, the top two floors of the 100-year-old Monroe Building on Granby Street were condemned. Graffiti covers the peeling walls, and years of dust have turned to dirt in the tile floors. Heaven knows what creatures have been living there. By September, all that will be gone, replaced... Read More

Norfolk housing agency takes steps on 2 additions
11.21.2012
The Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority moved forward Wednesday with two projects meant to help ease problems with the city's crowded and aging public housing system. read more Read More

Eminent domain amendment passes
11.09.2012
Though Virginians widely agreed to give property owners more rights against eminent domain, proponents of the constitutional amendment worry taxpayers will lose in the long run. read more Read More

Case managers juggle many tasks
11.07.2012
For as much time as DiAnne C. Montgomery spends canvassing Tidewater Gardens and talking to residents, she jokes that she might as well live there. As a resident services case manager, she makes house calls in the 618-unit public housing community, distributing brochures on housekeeping and saving... Read More

Amendment would restrict taking of private land in Virginia
11.06.2012
Virginia voters on Tuesday will decide the fate of eminent domain. The constitutional amendment asks whether eminent domain should be used only when localities seize land for public use and not for economic development or private gain. read more Read More

Youngsters rewarded for tending Norfolk garden
10.19.2012
For two years, students living in Calvert Square have planted and harvested bell peppers, broccoli, tomatoes, squash and Swiss chard in a small garden in the public housing community. read more Read More

Norfolk's East Beach revives prime real estate
08.06.2012
By Debbie Messina The Virginian-Pilot© August 5, 2012 In a sweeping urban renewal push, the city spent millions of dollars in the 1990s to buy and tear down 1,600 buildings in East Ocean View and relocate hundreds of low-income residents to make way for an upscale seaside village that resembles an... Read More

NRHA Programs Receive National Recognition
07.30.2012
Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority (NRHA) Chief Executive Officer Shurl Montgomery accepted four National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) 2012 Awards of Merit at the association’s summer conference this week in San Francisco. The awards showcase world-wide... Read More
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