Say No to RAD Application- Monday Oct. 28

October 22, 2013
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Public Housing in Danger?

Stand Up for Affordable Housing and Smart Decision Making!

CRHA Meeting

Monday, Oct. 28
7:00 pm
City Council Chambers
in City Hall


RAD is “Rental Assistance Demonstration”
A voluntary HUD program that will change all or some of public housing in Charlottesville by converting to project based Section 8 housing. CRHA is in a rush to make a big decision about the future of public housing in Charlottesville that could be a disaster for residents!

Please Attend this meeting to make sure CRHA won’t make a bad decision that will hurt communities and eliminate protected affordable housing in Charlottesville!

more info here

TELL THEM: SLOW DOWN! No application for RAD until all the information is in and residents know the full impact on our communities.
DEMAND: Meaningful Resident Input and a full list of Alternatives to RAD before a decision is made!

 CRHA WILL WAIT TO APPLY IF RESIDENTS STAND TOGETHER! BE THERE!

What does RAD mean for my public housing?

–       Conversion of all or some public housing, to
“project based vouchers” or “project based rental assistance”

–       Sets a timeline, 30 to 40 years for the eventual elimination of 376 units of protected affordable housing

–       Uses a private model for operating your housing

–       Changes to leases, and changes to income targeting in favor of higher incomes – who will be left out?

–       More power and authority in the hands of property managers, less oversight from HUD

–       Possible elimination of 18 units all at once

–       No meaningful Resident Input- decisions have already been made!

  • CRHA Commissioners should not rush this process!
  • Once an application is accepted they will have to move fast to have all the plans for redevelopment in place.
  • Redevelopment needs to be thought through, and residents need to be informed and guiding the process, NOT serving as guinea pigs for an experiment!
  • Commissioners have said that RAD will not move forward if residents don’t want it. Hold them to their word!
  • There are too many uncertainties about negative impacts on current and future residents;
    no decision should be made now!


…Stay tuned!
PHAR is working hard to protect and improve public housing in Charlottesville- stand up for your homes!

for more info, and to receive action alerts e-mail: brandon@pharcville.org