Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
530 E. Pinner Street, Suffolk, VA 23434 Phone (757) 539-2100 Fax # (757) 539-5184
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Objectives Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority's Public Housing Occupancy plan is designed to provide improved living conditions for low-to-moderate income families while maintaining their rent payments at an affordable level. The plan promotes upward mobility opportunities for families who desire to achieve self-sufficiency, operates a socially and financially sound public housing agency that provides decent and sanitary housing with a suitable living environment for tenants and their families, attempts to house a tenant body in each development that is composed of families with a broad range of incomes and rent-paying abilities that is representative of the range of incomes of low-income families in the Public Housing Authority's (PHA) jurisdiction, and ensures compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and all applicable Federal laws and regulations. Families who wish to apply for any of the Public Housing Authority's programs must complete a written application form when application taking is open. Individuals who have physical impairment that would prevent them from making the application in person may contact the Public Housing Authority to make special arrangement to complete their application. The application process will involve two phases: First, the application for admission to determine the family's eligibility for and placement on the waiting list. Application will be dated, time stamped and processed; Second, when the family reaches the top of the waiting list. At this time the Public Housing Authority ensures that verifications of all Housing and Urban Development and Public Housing eligibility factors are current in order to determine the family's eligibility for an offer of a suitable unit. You will need to provide the following items when you apply for Public Housing:
You will be required to provide documentation of any of the following items applicable to your family for final eligibility determination:
Childcare Express - which allows an adult family member to work or attend school. Verification must give providers' name, address, phone number, Social security number, names of children cared for, number of hours care is provided, rate of pay. Include information regarding holidays and vacations. Family must certify as to whether they are reimbursed for any of this expense Medical Expenses - total medial expenses for the family whose head or spouse is 62 or disabled. Assistance to Persons with Disabilities - written certification from a professional resource that the person with disabilities requires the services of an attendant and/or use of equipment to permit him/her to be employed or to function independently to enable another family member to be employed. Full-time students over 18 - written verification from the registrar's office or other school official or school records indicating enrollment with sufficient credits for full-time student. To be eligible for assistance, individuals must be U.S. citizens or eligible immigrants. Eligible immigrants must fall into one of the categories specified by the regulations and must have their status verified by Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS). Family Outreach Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority publicizes and disseminates information to make known the availability of housing units and housing related services for very low income families on a regular basis. When the waiting list is opened, the Public Housing Authority will publicize the availability and nature of housing assistance for very low income families in a news paper of general circulation, minority media, and by other suitable means. The Housing Authority also informs broadcasting media and initiates personal contacts with members of the news media and community service personnel. In addition, the Housing Authority communicates the status of housing availability to other service providers in the community, advises them of housing eligibility factors and guidelines in order that they can make proper referrals for housing assistance. The Capital Fund Program administers the major public housing rehabilitation and development projects to ensure the continued viability of the five pubic housing communities owned and managed by Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority. These five communities consist of 466 rental units ranging from high rise to traditional apartments. The HUD Capital Fund Program (formerly the Comprehensive Grant Program) represents the principal funding source for these rehabilitation/development initiatives. The goal of the program is to provide essential non-routine maintenance, revitalization, or redevelopment of the local public housing communities. Additional information regarding planned rehabilitation and redevelopment initiatives for the authority's public housing communities is contained in the Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority's PHA Annual Plan for Fiscal year 2002.
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