While some or all eviction cases may be reinstated, the housing authority has said it needs time to “review policies and determine what is fair and reasonable.”
In the midst of a major restructuring of the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority, the ARHA has temporarily suspended eviction proceedings against its tenants.
“The ARHA resident eviction process was put on pause because of questions of process raised by tenant advocates as well as city staff,” Mark Jinks, president of ARHA’s board of commissioners told ALXnow, who reported the story.
The pause comes in a time of upheaval for the authority. After the previous nine-member board of commissioners resigned and CEO Erik Johnson was fired, a new board was installed last month by city council “to reverse a ‘system failure,’” ALXnow quotes Mayor Alyia Gaskins. Former residents and employees advocated for the eviction freeze due to errors in the ledgers.
At the same time, city council has also directed the board to improve living conditions in ARHA units, prompting a third party inspection of all ARHA-owned and related units, including private landlords with renters who hold federal rental vouchers. So far, 191 ARHA unit inspections have been completed, of which 57 failed.
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