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Council discusses Binghamton Housing Authority RAD plan amid tenant-displacement concerns
Summary
Councilmember Raffel, speaking at the Binghamton City work session Monday, said the city needs to review how the Binghamton Housing Authority (BHA) is handling renovations and tenant relocations as it pursues a HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) conversion at Saratoga Heights.
Councilmember Raffel, speaking at the Binghamton City work session Monday, said the city needs to review how the Binghamton Housing Authority (BHA) is handling renovations and tenant relocations as it pursues a HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) conversion at Saratoga Heights.
The RAD program, Raffel said, "allows public housing authorities to convert their public housing units into tenant based section 8 assistance," a move that transfers ownership and management to private landlords that can accept housing choice vouchers and access rents closer to fair market.
The concern for councilmembers, Raffel said, is how units are chosen for renovation and whether relocation is happening only through natural vacancy. "There was an allegation by the…
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