Resident says RRHA negligence at Hills High Court endangers tenants; asks council to intervene
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A virtual speaker told the Public Safety Standing Committee that management at Hills High Court, overseen by the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, has failed to address ongoing violence, overcrowding and safety needs and urged the city to enforce changes.
Latonya Tucker, a virtual speaker who registered to comment during the Public Safety Standing Committee meeting, asked the committee to intervene at Hills High Court, a property she said is managed by the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA).
Tucker told committee members she has documented armed standoffs, explicit threats of violence and continuous disturbances at the property and that she provided video and audio evidence to RRHA leadership, including CEO Steven Nesmith, and property managers Karen Allen and Pamela Kearney. "No effective action has been taken," she said in her public comment, asserting that security patrols were brief and insufficient and that RRHA has declined to install basic safety measures such as proper lighting and surveillance in problem areas.
Tucker said a petition outlining requested safety improvements has been submitted to CEO Nesmith and urged the committee to support enforcement of the changes she described. Her remarks were part of the meeting’s public-comment period; no committee motion or formal staff response to Tucker’s petition was recorded in the transcript.