January 14, 2020
Lawsuit seeks to block Norfolk’s plan to move people out of public housing in St. Paul’s
Residents are asking a federal judge to block Norfolk’s St. Paul’s area redevelopment plan, which they say would further segregate and disadvantage black residents and thus violate federal law.
The lawsuit, which names four St. Paul’s residents and two community groups as the plaintiffs, was filed Monday. In a 51-page complaint, they argue that the city of Norfolk and its housing authority have failed to provide the bulk of residents that will be moved out of St. Paul’s with appropriate housing, and that the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development is complicit by signing off on the plan. For more information visit pilotonline.com
January 01, 2020
Norfolk public housing residents wait and wonder as move-outs in St. Paul’s are delayed by months
They weren’t supposed to be here for Christmas. They weren’t even supposed to be here for Labor Day.
Hundreds of residents of a section of Norfolk’s Tidewater Gardens — deemed Phase 1 by the city and housing authority — were supposed to move out this past summer, the first leg of a relocation effort that will eventually move 4,200 people out of the St. Paul’s area to make way for a major redevelopment effort. For more information visit pilotonline.com
November 05, 2019
Public housing residents in Norfolk, Newport News could get help a little easier under new program
A federal program aimed at helping public housing residents become self-sufficient will boost efforts linking low-income families to much-needed services in Norfolk and Newport News, officials announced Monday.
Called “EnVision Centers," the new designation paves the way for additional resources and gives both cities a leg up on getting federal money to fund programs. For more information visit pilotonline.;com
November 04, 2019
New EnVision centers offer assisted families access to support services
NORFOLK, Virginia — Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander and Newport News Vice Mayor Tina Vick announced two new centers that are supposed to help families currently receiving federal assistance on Monday.
“To really help people get careers, not jobs. We always talk about jobs but we really need to start talking about careers and getting people up and out of poverty,” said HUD’s Joe DeFelice.
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