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CRHA reports no evictions since May 15, seeks to fill vacancies and clarify HCV wait list
Summary
Housing staff told the CRHA board there have been no actual evictions since May 15, that West Haven had 16 nonpayment filings in June, and that the authority plans to fill five to seven vacancies in the next 30 days while managing large HCV wait lists.
Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority housing staff reported to the board on July 8 that 16 nonpayment filings were made at West Haven for June but that there have been "no actual eviction since May 15," and that the authority is intensifying use of the Eviction Diversion Program (EDP) to reduce tenant-initiated actions.
Why it matters: Board members want clearer program metrics as the authority manages vacancy filling, HCV caseloads and quality-control inspections. The presentation included operating- and grant-fund totals and flagged administrative goals for the next 30 days.
Housing director Miss Banks (title given in agenda) said the TARs (tenant account receivables) are high and that staff and resident services are working to prevent evictions through EDP. She also apologized to the board for missing West Haven visuals in the packet and said the missing data will appear next month.
Staff reported 19 current vacancies across CRHA properties and said it hopes to fill 5–7 of those vacancies in the next 30 days; staff noted some vacancies reflect recently acquired properties (for example, Greenleaf on Fifth Street) or long-term renovation projects (a duplex at 217 Fifth Street). "We in the next 30 days, we hope to fill 5 to 7 vacancies," Miss Banks said.
On the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, staff reported the wait list holds about 1,700 applicants overall and that the Crossings development alone has some 1,200 applicants; because many applicants apply from outside the area, staff said the authority is considering closing the Crossings-specific wait list while maintaining local preference points for residents who live or work in Charlottesville. Staff said they are not anticipating releasing new vouchers from the central wait list soon because of ongoing rent-increase requests that would increase program expenditures.
Finance staff summarized FY25 public-housing and HCV numbers: public housing revenue was roughly $4.3 million (including about $2.0 million in HUD operating grants, $943,000 in tenant rent and about $1.3 million in capital fund), producing about $219,000 net income; HCV received roughly $8.5 million from HUD with housing-assistance payments of about $7.9 million and a net that reflected prior shortfall funding. The board asked about reserve targets and was told HUD rules require about two months of reserves and CRHA policy targets three months.
Other operational notes: staff said they will run a report to quantify how many wait-list applicants are local versus out-of-area, that they plan additional quality-control inspections for the voucher program over the next three months, and that tenant-protection and relocation voucher totals will decline as certain temporary vouchers sunset.
Board direction and next steps: The board scheduled a fuller Eviction Diversion Program presentation for the next work session and asked staff to provide the missing West Haven data next month. Staff committed to run local-versus-nonlocal analysis of the wait list and to continue filling vacancies where feasible.
Ending: Staff promoted an upcoming West Haven Beautification Day on July 11 and said property-level pop-up resident events will resume; commissioners approved prior meeting minutes by voice vote at the start of the meeting (mover/second not specified in the transcript).
