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Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta to Award $6.3 Million for Affordable Housing in Virginia
01.12.2012
ATLANTA, Jan 12, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) announced today that it will award $6.3 million to assist in the funding of 13 affordable housing developments in Virginia. The funding is part of $37.6 million FHLBank Atlanta will award in 15... Read More

Picture These: Online Peeks at Norfolk's Past
11.13.2011
One of the most interesting parts of writing a history column is finding illustrations to go with them. Sketches, often from Harper’s Weekly and other Civil War-era magazines, frequently are available online. And photos? What a joy it is to find the right historical image. read more Read More

Builders and Designers Guild- Norfolk Revelopment and Housing Authority
11.12.2011
The restoration and preservation of quality neighborhoods with sound housing stock is a common mantra for city planners and redevelopment authorities. The typical agenda for achieving this ideal is by setting limits of where and what can be built within jurisdictional boundaries; regulating the... Read More

Hampton Roads reduces areas of extreme poverty
11.06.2011
After two decades of calling it home, Kaye Long had grown comfortable in public housing, so much so that she was scared to move out, she said. But in 2009, she and her husband, Alton, bought a house in Norfolk's new Broad Creek neighborhood with down-payment help and other assistance from the city'... Read More

At work with: Jim Gehman
10.31.2011
As told to Pilot writer Josh Brown Growing up, I always really enjoyed drawing and sketching. I still do. Unlike my brother, who made a career of the Navy, I didn't like moving around. I liked to be in one place and walk down the street and wave to people you know. read more   Read More

Advantis case now before state Supreme Court
08.19.2011
Many in Hampton Roads have put Advantis Real Estate Services Co. and the St. Joe Co. behind them. Yet the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority is still dealing with the former parent company of the now-defunct Advantis. read more   Read More

4 housing agencies in Virginia receive HUD grants to help residents find jobs
06.09.2011
Four housing agencies in Virginia are receiving federal grants to help residents find jobs. read more   Read More

NRHA cuts spending in new budget
06.08.2011
The Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority’s commissioners cut spending by 7.9 percent Wednesday in unanimously approving a $95.3 million budget for the next fiscal year. read more   Read More

NSU Gets $800K Federal Grant for Women's Center
05.27.2011
Norfolk State University will receive an $800,000 federal grant to create a center aimed at helping women overcome barriers to education, employment and homeownership. Read More   Read More

Norfolk redevelopment agency faces $4.7M budget shortfall
05.11.2011
The Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority faces a $4.7 million gap in its next budget and might offer retirement incentives to employees as one way of closing the shortfall, commissioners said at their meeting today. read more   Read More

NRHA Annual Report Named Best in Global Real Estate Sector and 18th Best World-Wide Out of 4,400 Competitors
05.10.2011
In the world's largest annual report competition, with 4,400 entries from over 25 countries, the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) awarded Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority's (NRHA) 2010 annual report top place (platinum) in the global real estate sector and 18th... Read More

Norfolk Housing Authority delays budget process
04.27.2011
Facing tough financial decisions, the city’s housing authority has delayed its budget process by several weeks. read more   Read More

Apartment demolition in Norfolk
04.27.2011
The Moton Circle Apartments in Norfolk were demolished on Wednesday to make way for further broadening of the Broad Creek community. read more   Read More

Norfolk housing authority faces budget cuts
04.09.2011
The city's housing authority needs to overcome a roughly $4 million gap in funding to balance next year's budget, which is the smallest in years. read more   Read More

Norfolk lands planning grant for St. Paul's Quadrant
03.19.2011
The redevelopment of St. Paul's Quadrant got a boost Friday as Norfolk became one of the nation's first recipients of a federal grant aimed at transforming troubled areas. read more   Read More
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