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Provo City Housing outlines RAD conversion, plans renovations and sale of 20 homes
Summary
Provo City Housing Authority (PCHA) told the council it will apply to convert most public housing to HUD project-based vouchers, renovate aging units, sell 20 single-family homes to generate capital, and expand accessibility; tenants would receive portability and tenant-protection vouchers. HUD approval and financing remain required.
Sarah Van Cleve, executive director of Provo City Housing, told the Provo City Council on Nov. 11 that PCHA is preparing a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) conversion that would move public-housing units to project‑based vouchers and allow the housing authority to collect higher per‑unit revenue and access new funding for capital repairs.
Van Cleve said the authority currently manages publicly owned units and receives separate HUD capital‑needs and operating allocations; under RAD the subsidy would be attached to the unit as a project‑based housing‑choice voucher. “What RAD stands for is rental assistance demonstration,” she said. She described immediate goals: renovate units built in the 1970s, increase the number of ADA‑accessible units, replace piping and HVAC systems, and add an elevator to a building called Mountain View.
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