Section 8
The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher
program is designed to achieve three major objectives: to provide decent,
safe, and sanitary housing for very low income families while maintaining their
rent payments at an affordable level; to promote freedom of housing choice and
spatial de-concentration of very low income families of all races and ethnic
backgrounds; to provide an incentive to private property owners to rent to very
low income families by offering timely assistance payments.
Public
Housing
Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
successfully manages 466 units of public housing for families, elderly, and
disabled individuals throughout the city of Suffolk. These units include:
Cypress Manor Apartments, Parker Riddick Village, Hoffler Apartments,
Colander Bishop Meadows, and
Chorey Park Apartments.
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Capital
Funds
The Capital Fund Program administers the major
public housing rehabilitation and development projects to ensure the continued
viability of the five public housing communities owned and managed by Suffolk
Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
Development
Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority has
been involved in numerous community development initiatives which include the
Orlando and Hall Place Conservation Project Areas.
Development History
Contractor Qualification Statement
Grants
and Loans
SPARC
Funding
Homeownership
The objective of the Homeownership
Program is to help guide, prepare and educate First Time Homebuyers in obtaining
safe, sound and decent housing that is affordable to them. Monthly
workshops are conducted by certified trainers from Suffolk Redevelopment and
Housing Authority along with
mortgage lenders, bankers, realtors, counselors etc. These trainers
discuss topics on budgeting,
credit reporting, inspection and other subjects that are crucial in the homebuyer
process. All participants who complete the
workshop will receive a Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA)
Homeownership Educational Program certificate.
Volunteer
Opportunities
The objective of the Volunteer Program is to
introduce skills necessary for making a change and finding a career path for our
citizens and program participants, who are unemployed, underemployed or new to
the workforce. This program allows participants to develop attitudes,
abilities and competencies required in the workplace. The Volunteer
Program will also assist participants in building the confidence and skills of
those who are ready to find and keep a job as a stepping-stone to a better life.
Family Self
Sufficiency
Family-Self Sufficiency (FSS) is a program
which offers housing assistance as part of a coordinated linkage to other
programs and services to include child care, transportation, personal and
career counseling, adult basic or college education, job training and job
placement assistance. The goal of the FSS Program is to assist highly
motivated persons to become economically self-sufficient.
