NRHA 2010 Annual Report

2 FY2010 Annual Report

Introduction

Cover

Upper photo: A crowd of some 2000, gathers in Norfolk to observe the start of the nation’s first redevelopment project under the Housing Act - December 11, 1951 Lower photo:State-of-the-art Grandy village Learning Center on the elizabeth river opens for business September 2010

THiS pAGe pHoTo:in 1940, NrHA began its first development, Merrimac park, consisting of 500 military housing units.

FY2010 Annual Report 3

Introduction

On July 30, 2010, NRHA celebrated its 70th anniversary. This Annual Report will revisit some of the most significant milestones of “Setting the Example” over the last seven decades as well as provide the highlights from FY2010.

As a special feature, former Business Editor of The Virginian-Pilot, BillChoyke, interviewed myself and Board Chairman, Shep Miller, as well as Executive Leadership Team members in an “At Work With” format. These interviews are contained in this publication and others can be read at www.nrha.us.

Also included is an overview of the FY 2011 capital and operating budget as well as the Statistical Digest. We continue to be guided by our five-year Strategic Plan (2008-2012), while making mid-course refinements that sharpen our focus.

With 70 years of renewing Norfolk behind us, the Board of Commissioners and staff of NRHA are poised to set many more examples in the future. This would not be possible without great collaboration and support from our city and community partners.

Vision: Quality housing choices in neighborhoods where you want to live.

Mission: Provide quality housing opportunities that foster

sustainable mixed-income communities.

Values:Accountability Customer Service Excellence Innovation Teamwork

Goals:Quality housing opportunities for all.

Sustainable mixed-income communities.A strategic business approach.

Community engagement and support.

from the Chief Executive Officer


WHEREAS, on July 30, 1940, Norfolk City Council adopted a resolution creating the Norfolk Housing Authority, adding the Redevelopment function in 1946; and

WHEREAS, due to World War II, most of the Authority’s initial activity was focused on military housing construction projects, but following the war it was awarded the nation’s first redevelopment project for construction of new housing to replace 127 acres of slum housing; and

WHEREAS, by the 1960s, Norfolk had become a national model for redevelopment, with the Boston Globe stating, “Norfolk is the place to send people who are discouraged or skeptical about redevelopment;” and

WHEREAS, since those early days, the expertise and dedication of NRHA’s board of commissioners and talented employees, in collaboration with the City, has resulted in an impressive array of great projects that have reshaped Norfolk; and

WHEREAS, future collaborations include moving beyond legacy programs to develop new methods for production and delivery of affordable housing, green building initiatives that are helping achieve a sustainable, low-carbon society as well as transit-oriented development along the light rail path; and

WHEREAS, on July 30, 2010, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority celebrates its 70th anniversary;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED, That I, PAUL D. FRAIM, Mayor of the City of Norfolk, do hereby extend thanks and appreciation to Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority for its long record of numerous and important contributions to the City’s progress and offer warm congratulations on reaching this significant milestone.

Given under my hand this 30th day of July 2010.

Paul D. Fraim, Mayor

Mayor’s 70th Anniversary Resolution

City of Norfolk Virginia

Proclamation


Board of Commissioners

From left back row:

Dr. Linda Horsey (Service ended Summer 2010)W. Sheppard Miller, III – Chairman

Robert Soble

Curtis Anderson (Service ended Summer 2010)

Front row:

F. Nash Bilisoly

Hattie Anderson

L. Robert “Bob” Layton - Vice-chairman


Executive Leadership Team

richard ArcherHuman Resources

Director

Michael ClarkSenior Real Estate

Development Specialist

Julius NormanWorkforce

Development Coordinator

Clara GravesChief Financial

Officer

Donna Mills Property

Management Director

Nat McCormickArchitectural

Design Review Specialist

James Gehman Chief Development

Officer

Jamie Jones Information

Services Director

ed Ware Communications and Marketing

Director

Tim Coyle Legal Counsel

Shurl Montgomery Chief Executive Officer

NOt pICtuRED:

Brenda WilsonBudget and Compliance

Director

John KownackChief Housing Reinvention Officer

Donnell BrownChief Housing Officer

FROM LEFt:


NRHA at WorkW. Sheppard Miller, III

Chairman

As told to Bill Choyke, Former Business Editor for

The Virginian-Pilot

The satisfaction of this job comes from probably three places. One is general - just trying to serve your citizenry and your fellow man in what we do in terms of making sure people have quality affordable housing. You can get a sense of accomplishment out of that.

I think that working with col-leagues and staff and having a good team brings its own level of satisfaction. Whether it is staff or counsel or citizenry or colleagues or whoever, I think most of them would say I listen, I try to make good judgments on what I think is best and I don’t have any particular agenda. So being involved in the organization and moving forward is satisfying.

The last thing is the change that we are going through is good change. The Broad Creek project is great change. Certainly East Beach has been great change. But there are a lot of things. Down in Grandy Village, that is really cool. Nobody else is doing this in the country.

Believe me, most of this stuff does not come from the board; it comes from our staff. We have done a very good job on the staff level of finding creative ways to get things done that have put us on the cutting edge.

Hiring Shurl (Montgomery in 2004 as chief executive) brought so much experience and so much knowledge about the city, and he was very well respected by pretty much ev-erybody. He is a quiet, sturdy leader who retains the trust of the board and beyond our

borders. We need to do a better job of having our funders,

really understand what our needs are and earn their appreciation for what we can do for the city. People basically know NRHA is an important entity. It’s done all this good work. We are very engaged with the city on some things or individual city Council persons on some things. But as two bodies, we have greater po-tential for collaboration in many areas.

Another challenge is that we have not had enough success of moving people from the need for public assistance to economic self-sufficiency. When public housing was created, it was intended to be a tempo-rary safety net – move in, move out, and get on with it. We want to see people take advantage of programs and services that put them on a path to economic independence.


NRHA at Work

I have been in Norfolk for 32 years. I was born and raised in West Virginia and came from a blue-collar work atmosphere. My father was a contractor and he started out as a coal truck driver after he got out of the military after World War II. My mother worked in a glass plant. The whole family had to work to make ends meet up there. I was the oldest family member and so I had to set a lot of examples. I was the first one in the family to graduate from college. So I was kind of the pacesetter. After school in West Virginia, I had a job opportunity in Virginia in 1974 and I moved to Staunton. I was there about a year and a half, then I was in Richmond for three and then Norfolk.

For about 10 years, I was the liaison with the Norfolk city manager’s office with the housing authority, and during those 10 years basically I worked with David Rice and other leaders of the organization, mainly on rede-velopment projects. My exposure to the assisted-rental

housing side was somewhat limited. I had worked with assisted-rental housing on some projects, like building new parks or playgrounds for those areas. So that was probably the learning curve that I had to catch up on.

I felt like assisted-rental housing was being well run. My visits to a lot of the locations and talking with staff and dealing with HUD in general because of the very heavy load of federal regulations and rules that they had to work by on a daily basis was just mind-boggling to me. I always thought that VDOT, in dealing with the city with capital projects was difficult, but this is more complex.

During the past few years, the biggest change the housing authority has provided the city is to take a busi-ness approach to how we do things in our work and then the communities around the city. One of the pieces that I thought was really good was that as we developed

Shurl R. MontgomeryChief Executive Officer


infill housing and hous-ing in general, the quality of the construction and design is something that I supported very strongly because that gives last-ing value to the building both in appearance and to its physical shape. And any of the houses that we build, as an authority or worked with builders, they need to be of good quality materials and also good quality design. At least from my perspective, that is one of the things that we have delivered year after year here in the last several years.

We try to be futuristic. My words of warning about the economy to the staff have been that last year, this year and next year, from my perspective, we are in a fiscal stress position for at least three years. In my mind, I am hoping by 2013 or 2014 we will see an improvement in the economy and also the budget situ-ation, which the housing authority faces. Pretty much, we have maintained what I would call a flat budget, generally around $100 million. Until the economy improves, I really don’t see that growing more than 5 percent or decreasing 5 percent.

It has been difficult. We have had to make some hard decisions. We are actually delivering the same programs and services with a reduced amount of people, and it really gets difficult when you have to reduce programs and services to those who we serve because they are in need. From my perspective, if we cannot provide that service in a program, it’s our obligation to look into the community and try to find some other partners that maybe can do that service because it is needed by the residents. At this time and place, it is a necessity for organizations like the housing authority to find partnerships. I think we work very hard at that. I know within the city government, they’re also looking for community partnerships, and I think this is something that is going to be valued more

in the future because the economics and the demands require that. It behooves both governmental and private sector entities to come together in these partnerships and the economy is really driving that need right now.

I have been a public servant for 40 years of my life and

it’s pretty gratifying to know that you are meeting one of the essential needs of the people in this city, and that is housing. They need a good place to live, and when we do that, that’s a good message. What drives me are the needs of others. Everybody has some personal needs. But, I think I put the needs of others above my personal needs.

The charge that I have in this job is to convince the employees that we have the right leadership to take them in the direction they need to move in the future. A lot of times, it is ingrained in the organiza-tion that we have done it this way for 70 years, let’s not change anything. Let’s not screw it up. And I am a guy who says I don’t want to screw it up, but I want to change it. So that’s been my challenge internally. We have a lot of really good people, but there a lot of conversations and a lot of meetings that require this. And that’s been one toughy. That’s been a toughy for me because we are 70 years old and we have been doing it for 70 years, and I think part of my acumen is to try to find niches or little things that we can do to secure our future and move us ahead.

You could say in this and every job that I have ever had, I have always tried to set the example.

As told to Bill Choyke, Former Business Editor for

The Virginian-Pilot


Highlights: FY2010

1. QUALiTy HoUSiNG opporTUNiTieS For ALL

GOALS:1) Quality Housing opportunities for All - NRHA is committed to providing a continuum of

housing options for citizens of all incomes seeking housing.

2) Sustainable Mixed-income Communities - There is a need for a new housing model to create a healthy physical and social environment that would appeal to a wider range of incomes.

3) Strategic Business Approach - To meet changing requirements and to make the best use of our resources, we are developing a new approach for the delivery of products and services.

4) Community engagement & Support - Recognizing the interrelated nature of our mission, NRHA resolves to become a trusted partner that works collaboratively with key stakeholders and partners.

• Through owning and managing assisted-rental properties as well as administering Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV), NRHA serves approximately 6,300 households in the City of Norfolk.

• The waiting lists for assisted-rental proper-ties and Housing Choice Vouchers were opened in 2010 for the first time since 2006. Total applications received this year were 12,306 (9,708 HCV and 2,328 for assisted-rental properties), compared to 4,000 in 2006.

• HomeNet produced 65 new first-time homebuyers in FY 2010. This activity generated $8.4 million in mortgage loans and $9.8 million in residential sales for the City of Norfolk. HomeNet partnered with the Virginia Housing Development Author-ity (VHDA) to graduate 142 prospective clients from first-time buyer education classes. Some 152 clients are currently enrolled.

• NRHA began updating its Comprehensive Agency Plans in accordance with the Qual-ity Housing and Work Responsibility Act of

1998. The Five Year and Annual Plans pro-vide details about NRHA’s planned activi-ties, current policies, operations, programs, and services for assisted-rental and the Housing Choice Voucher programs. The Annual Plan was approved by the Board of Commissioners on April 12, 2010.

• In collaboration with HUD, NRHA launched a community health pilot program to help lower the rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity among 100 residents.

• Two NRHA-owned properties received recognition from the Tidewater Multifamily Housing Council. Awards of Excellence for 2009 were presented to outstanding prop-erties in South Hampton Roads with 94 communities vying for recognition. Mission College Apartments received the award for communities completed between 1986 and 1990. Park Terrace Apartments received the award for assisted-rental communities.

• In November 2009, NRHA received a rat-ing of “high performer” from HUD for the Housing Choice Voucher Program for the second year in a row.


• In January 2010, HUD awarded NRHA a $136,000 grant to help assisted-rental residents find jobs that lead them toward economic independence. The grant, provid-ed through HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program, will enable NRHA to hire FSS program coordinators who work di-rectly with residents to connect them with local education and training opportunities, job placement organizations and local em-ployers.

• Under the American Recovery and Rein-vestment Act (ARRA), NRHA received $9.1 million from HUD for capital improvements at its assisted-rental properties. Funding has been allocated to road and site im-provements at the 257-unit Oakleaf Forest

community ($2.6 million) and window re-placement at the 310-unit Calvert Square community ($513,000). The balance of the grant covers additional improvements at the Young Terrace, Partrea, Hunter Square and Bobbitt properties. NRHA was commended by the HUD Richmond office for obligating all funding in a timely manner.

• NRHA secured a $445,745 grant from the U. S. Department of Homeland Security for fire prevention and awareness at its assisted-rental communities in March 2010. NRHA received the largest grant of 33 recipient organizations nationwide and the only entity in Virginia.

• HUD approved NRHA’s application to de-molish the 58-year old Moton Circle assist-ed-rental apartment complex. The approval was issued May 27, 2010. Following demo-lition and obtaining financial commitments, NRHA will construct affordable rental units as well as affordable and market-rate home-ownership residences on the 11-acre site. These new dwellings will accommodate displaced residents who want to return to the community and meet return criteria for re-occupancy.

• The 2010 Recognition of Achievement Ban-quet celebrated the accomplishments of 328 resident honorees and featured guest speaker State Senator Yvonne Miller, who was once a resident of Moton Circle.

Highlights: continued


• An obsolete 16-unit apartment building on First View Street was razed. Three single-family homes will be built in its place, bring-ing about a much needed change according to local residents and West Ocean View Civic League members.

• A residential sales open house was held at Broad Creek featuring new construction townhomes and single-family homes. The builders, Tivest Development, L&M, Rich-ardson Homes and Real Developments, had their properties open for viewing. In total, 17 contracts resulted within 30 days of the open house event.

• On Saint Patrick’s Day 2010, the 50-year-old Ocean Dream Apartment building at 1128 Little Bay Avenue in Willoughby was de-molished as part of blight removal. The site will be redevel-oped, likely with sin-gle-family or duplex housing, after area residents weigh in on the plans.

• In March 2010, NRHA selected Howerin Construction to develop 14 EarthCraft townhomes along the south side of 26th Street at Hampton Boulevard. Site improve-ments consist of rebuilding and reconfig-uring West 26th Street west of Hampton Boulevard including the intersection with Bowdens Ferry Road. Improvements to 26th Street include a parking lane, widened sidewalks, new landscaping and upgraded storm drainage. New water and sewer lines

and all overhead utilities will be placed un-derground.

• On April 26, 2010, the Norfolk Department of Public Health, NRHA and other agencies tested their ability to respond to terrorist acts during a drill designed to measure the agen-cies’ ability to meet Norfolk’s readiness man-date. The drill covered over 3,500 residents.

• Earth Day 2010 saw the preview of the cur-rently under construction Grandy Village Learning Center (GVLC) showcasing state-

of-the-art envi-ronmental de-sign, wetlands reclamation as well as aquatic education and recreation on the Elizabeth River. These efforts are breathing new life into a por-tion of the river largely written off as dead and expediting the

Elizabeth River Project’s goal of making the river fishable and swimmable by 2020. A Grand Opening event was held September 1, with over 200 attendees.

• NRHA continues to acquire land parcels that will largely complete development of the Old Dominion University Village in 2011.

• City Council designated the Campostella neighborhood as a Special Service Area where NRHA will provide residential rehab services. Wards Corner and Fairmount Park were previously designated.

2. SUSTAiNABLe MixeD-iNCoMe CoMMUNiTieS



• The Facilties Management’s carpentry shop was recognized in a July 6, 2009; The Virginian-Pilot article entitled “Norfolk Hous-ing Authority Makes Its Own Cabinets and a Profit, Too.” The article pointed out the en-trepreneurial nature of the shop, which crafts cabinets for other housing authorities, such as Richmond and Charlottesville that pro-duces incremental revenue for NRHA.

• In 2009, the Residential Rehabilitation de-partment utilized $1 million in funding from the City of Norfolk to help Wards Corner area homeowners renovate and bring their homes up to safety codes. The results were recorded in the July 25, 2009, edition of The Virginian-Pilot’s “At Home” section where this was the cover story.

• For FY 2010 NRHA provided residential re-hab services to 144 Norfolk households for a total of $3.5 million.

• City Council appointed F. Nash Bilisoly to NRHA’s Board of Commissioners replacing former Commissioner Peter M. Meredith, Jr., vice chairman, who served on the board with distinction for six years. Bilisoly has been a partner with Vandeventer Black since 1985 and concentrates his law practice in mari-time matters, representing shipyards, ter-minals and vessels. L. Robert “Bob” Layton replaced Meredith as vice chairman.

• Norfolk City Council named Dr. Linda Hors-ey and Curtis Anderson to the Norfolk Rede-velopment and Housing Authority (NRHA) Board of Commissioners. They replaced Rodney Jordan and Ulysses Turner. Current Board Chairman W. Sheppard Miller III was reappointed, as was vice chairman Layton.

• NRHA entered into an agreement with Ameresco, for energy performance contract-ing services. Ameresco will identify and evaluate energy-saving opportunities at 13

assisted-rental housing properties, consist-ing of more than 3,500 units. Ameresco is conducting an investment-grade energy au-dit to determine energy improvement needs, as well as to design and install equipment/systems that will create energy savings.

• NRHA retained RRMM Architects to perform a comprehensive capital needs assessment of rental-assisted and market-rate apartment properties.

• NRHA’s Board of Commissioners adopted a FY2011 budget of $102 million. FY2011 budget expenditures of $102 million repre-sent a 3% net increase over the previous year’s $99.3 million budget.

• NRHA issued $52 million in tax exempt bonds for construction of student housing at ODU.

• Final design was completed for NRHA’s proposed new office complex expected to be under construction in 2011 - 2012.

• A new employee compensation plan was implemented and revised employee hand-book rolled-out, the first of such changes since 1996.

• Development Integrated Reporting Tool (DIRT) was launched. DIRT is a uniform sys-tem of consolidated Development Division reports that generates real time information. It replaces former practice each department running status reports in different software systems. NRHA is believed to be the first redevelopment and housing authority to cre-ate this type of comprehensive tool.

• Hampton Roads Ventures won $60 million in New Markets Tax Credits from the U.S. Treasury Department. HRV has successfully competed for $160 million in NMTCs since 2003.

3. STrATeGiC BUSiNeSS ApproACH



• Commissioner Hat-tie Anderson was recognized during Campostella El-ementary’s fourth annual National Women’s Month celebration lun-cheon on March 27, 2009. When Cam-postella Elementary School uniform colors changed due to increased gang activity in the area, Ander-son organized fundraising to provide each student, many from NRHA’s Oakleaf Forest and Diggstown assisted-rental communi-ties, with new uniforms.

• The City of Norfolk, NRHA and U.S. Small Business Administration hosted the “We Care about the Success of Your Business” seminar on February 25, 2010, at the Workforce Development Center to provide business owners the opportunity to learn about available financial resources.

• NRHA sponsored the second African-American Male Focus (AAMF) Conference February 18-19, 2010, at the Crispus At-tucks Cultural Center and Mount Carmel Baptist Church. The conference featured nationally renowned speakers in the areas of religion, education, human relations, business, criminal justice and law.

• The 2010 Vendor Fair was held June 17 and provided companies an opportunity to meet with contracting officers, learn of up-coming contract opportunities and network with other contractors and businesses. Special guests included redevelopment authorities from Chesapeake and Ports-mouth, the City of Norfolk, WM Jordan Company and US General Services Ad-ministration (GSA).

• NRHA was honored during PR News’ Cor-porate Social Responsibility Awards lun-

cheon February 24, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., when the “Under One Roof” campaign was chosen as a finalist in the video category. Other fi-nalists in this category included Coca-Cola Enterprises,Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City.

• NRHA’s website received an Award of Dis-tinction in the 2010 Communicator Awards

presented by the International Acad-emy of the Visual Arts in May 2010. The competition received over 7,000 entries from across the U.S. and around the world, making it

the largest and most prestigious award of its kind.

• Tidewater Builders Association chose East Beach for Fall Homearama 2010. The event was also held there in 2004.

• NRHA hosted a Real Estate Update at-tended by nearly 100 builders, agents and lenders September 25, 2009 at The Bay Front Club @ East Beach.

• Two NRHA programs received Merit Awards from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). They are Sparking Renewal in an Underserved Neighborhood which entailed the $1 million revitalization of Wards Corner neighborhoods via home improvement loans and grants for home-owners below 120% of the Area Median Income; and Park Place: Restoring a His-toric Neighborhood, which provided grants of up to $50,000 per apartment building to their owners for restoration as well as homeownership opportunities for residents at 50-80% AMI.

4. CoMMUNiTy eNGAGeMeNT & SUpporT



July 30, 2010 - employees enjoy 70th Anniversary festivities at The virginia Zoo.


Historical Milestones

In 1935, a group of concerned citizens realized that large areas of the city were in an advanced state of deterioration. Because living conditions in these neighborhoods had become unacceptable, City Manager Thomas P. Thompson formed a five-member advisory committee “to make a study of the slum districts of Norfolk with the hope of ob-taining federal funds to eliminate them….”

Work of the Thompson Committee kindled local interest in housing and slum clearance. Largely as a result of its report, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in 1938 creating local housing authorities to pursue slum clearance programs and permitting any Virginia city to participate in federal programs to eradicate slums.

On Jan. 23, 1940, a statewide slum-clearance conference was held in Richmond. The conference was held by the League of Virginia Municipalities to give local officials an opportunity to see what other cities were doing in slum clearance. One result of that meeting was that on July 30, 1940, Norfolk City Council voted to activate the state law passed in 1938 and created the Norfolk Housing Authority.

Another situation in Norfolk that year had also influ-enced City Council: the urgency of defense housing. By July 1940, Norfolk was inundated with thousands of defense workers and service members. A strong plea for City Council to set up a local housing au-thority, which could build low-cost housing for Navy personnel, was made by Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig, Commandant of the Fifth Naval District and the Hampton Roads Naval Operating Base. Admiral Taussig Boulevard is named for him.

Setting the example since 1940In the beginning...


1940s• July30,1940-CityCouncilpassedaresolu-

tion creating the Norfolk Housing Authority. Mayor John Gurkin appointed five board mem-bers and Louis Windholz as the first chairman.

• July31,1940-Wastingnotime,thefirstmeet-ing of the Authority was held the following day. As its first act of business, the Authority applied for a $4 million grant for 1,000 units of military housing and, by the end of August 1940, received word that is was approved for $2 million.

• ThegrantfundedtheAuthority’sfirstproject,Merrimack Park, consisting of 500 military housing units.

• Similarprojects,OakleafParkandRobertsPark, were completed during the war years.

• TheVirginiaRedevelopmentlawwaspassedin 1946, enabling the Norfolk Housing Author-ity to become the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority. As a result, NRHA began moving from a war mission to a broad program of urban development.

• NorfolkandGalveston,Texaswerethefirstcit-ies, under the federal Housing Act of 1949, to receive public housing funding.

• December1949-CityCouncilapprovesconstruction of 3,000 public housing units to provide for family relocation for upcoming slum clearance projects.

1950s

• UndertheHousingAct,thenation’sfirstrede-velopment project was designated in Norfolk in 1951 on what are now segments of Tidewater Drive, Brambleton Avenue and Virginia Beach Boulevard.

• RedevelopmentProject#1gotunderwayDecember 11, 1951, when a blighted structure at 755 Smith St. (located in what is now Young Terrace) was demolished. As the first city in the U.S. to begin the redevelopment process, the event drew national media attention and a crowd of 2,000.

• Overthenextfiveyears,theprojectcleared127 acres of slums for new commercial, insti-tutional and residential development, including Young Terrace.

• TheAtlanticCityRedevelopmentplanreceivedfederal approval in 1957, resulting in clearing 140 acres.

• In1958,thefirstdemolitionsforextensiveredevelopment of the downtown area begin.


1960s

• Norfolkemergesasanationalmodelforrede-velopment.

• In1963,campusexpansionworkbeginsforOld Dominion University as an independent university.

• In1966,theBostonGlobesaid,“Norfolkisthe place to send people who are discour-aged or skeptical about redevelopment,” and Detroit’s mayor said, “Norfolk’s redevelopment makes the city a showcase for the rest of the country.”

• HUD’sfirstsecretary,RobertWeaver,re-marked after a walking tour of Berkley that “this city is where the story of rebuilding American cities begins.”

• By1969,mostoftheblightindowntownNor-folk had been removed.

1970s• EastGhentandHuntersvilleredevelopment

projects get underway.

• Throughthemid-1970s,NRHAcontinueddi-recting efforts toward housing, redevelopment and conservation programs across the city.

• Residentialrehabilitationandhousingforlower to moderate income households be-come goals of federal government and NRHA. Focus turns to residential neighborhoods although emphasis on downtown redevelop-ment remains strong.

• Berkleyredevelopmentinitiatedin1972.

• Park Place conservation plan approved in 1973.

• ColonialPlaceandLafayette-Winonashowimprovement after conservation efforts began in 1973.

• GhentSquarewel-comes first residents in 1976.

• ParkTerraceopensand Church Street redevelopment efforts begin in 1977.

• In1977,DavidRiceappointedexecutivedirec-tor.

1980s• In1980,developerJamesRouserevealsplan

for Norfolk waterfront, anchored by Waterside Festival Marketplace. NRHA plays a lead role in implementing that vision to include Town Point Park, Pagoda Park, Nauticus and other amenities.

• EastBeachredevelopmentprojectlaunchesin1989.

• MiddletowneArchopensin1986onthesiteonce occupied by Liberty Park.

• Ballentine,Bayview,CottageLine,Mid-TownIndustrial Park, Villa Heights and West Ocean View among new conservation projects that get the green light from City Council.

Historical Milestones: continued


• In1986,condosdevelopedinpartnershipwith NRHA open on Freemason Harbor.

• In1989,NRHAentersalimitedpartnershipwith then Sovran Bank to develop Mission College.

1990s• CentralBrambletonandSouthBrambleton

conservation/redevelopment efforts begin in 1991.

• UrbanLandInstitutenamesGhentSquareBest Large-Scale Residential Development in the nation.

• HamptonBoulevardredevelopmentprojectcommences in 1997, leading to the develop-ment of Old Dominion University Village and Ted Constant Convocation Center.

• Diggstownselectedasoneof63GreatAmerican Places in May 1995.

• Pinewell-by-the-BayandStonebridgeCross-ing open.

• NRHAservesasco-developerofMacArthurCenter with Taubman & Co., which opens in 1999.

• NRHAentersintoagreementwithConnecti-cut-based Collins Enterprises for $32 million downtown residential/retail development.

• NRHAservesasdeveloperoftheTidewaterCommunity College downtown campus.

2000s

• In2000,NRHAreceivesa$20millionHOPEVI grant from HUD for Broad Creek redevel-opment.

• DowntownTidewaterCommunityCollegecampus complete and project wins Economic Development Award from International Down-town Association in 2002.

• WilloughbyandCampostellaHeightsconser-vation projects get underway in 2001.

• NRHApartnerswiththeCityofNorfolkandthe Crispus Attucks Cultural Center to begin a $10 million renovation of Attucks Theatre.



• GrandyVillagetransformationtoaqualitymixed-income community begins.

• FranklinArmsdedicatedinsummer2002asfirst component of Broad Creek redevelop-ment.

• NRHA’sHamptonRoadsVenturessubsid-iary receives $15 million in New Market Tax Credits from U.S. Treasury, making it the first redevelopment and housing authority to do so.

• In2003,WestChurchbecomesthefirstnewresidential community along Church St. in decades and its 31 architecturally distinctive homes quickly sell out.

• In2004,ShurlMontgomeryappointedChiefExecutive Officer.

• TidewaterBuildersAssociation’snewhomeexpo, Homearama, held at East Beach in 2004 and Broad Creek in 2005. Combined events attracted 180,000 attendees.

• TownhomesatEastChurchcompletedin2007.

• In2008,NRHAbegan$7.5millionrenovationof Mission College apartments.

• Alsoin2008,NRHAlauncheditsfirstfive-year strategic plan with a refreshed vision, mission, values and goals.

• HomeNetreceivesa$13millionSPARCgrant from VHDA to assist first-time homebuy-ers.



• NRHAreceiveda2008LeagueofAmericanCommunications Professionals’ Magellan Award for “Most Creative Campaign” for mar-keting the revitalization of Grandy Village.

• In2009,NRHAreceivedarecordsixAwardsof Merit from the National Association of Hous-ing and Redevelopment Officials.

• UndertheAmericanRecoveryandReinvest-ment Act, NRHA receives $9.2 million for capi-tal improvements at assisted rental properties. Timely expenditure of funds receives commen-dation from HUD.

• Infall2009,NRHAearnsaratingof“highperformer” from HUD for the Housing Choice Voucher program for second year in a row.

• InNovember2009,HamptonRoadsVentureswins $60 million in New Market Tax Credits from U.S. Treasury. This brings total HRV al-location to $160 million.

• In2010,NRHAwasafinalistforPRNews’Corporate Social Responsibility Award for the “Under One Roof” video and receives an Award of Distinction from International Acad-emy of Visual Arts for the new website.

• HUDapprovesdemolitionofMotonCircle.Abig step in neighborhood transformation.

• TheMaplewoods@OldeHuntersvilleiscom-pleted. Largest green-built townhome commu-nity in Virginia.



NRHA Fiscal Year 2011 Budget

Details in the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY2011) Budget are by Division and Major Programs. The Approved FY2011 Consolidated Annual Operating and Capital Budget sets forth both rev-enue and expenditures for the Authority, and it delineates operating and program budgets for specific initiatives within conservation neighborhoods and assisted-rental communities. FY2011 Budget expenditures of $102,029,532 represent a (3.0 percent) net increase over the previous year’s $99.3 million budget. NRHA believes the approved budget to be balanced, fair and representative of our overall priorities. Listed below are detailed compari-sons for expenditure and revenue categories.

proJeCTeD expeNDiTUreSThe primary categories of expenditures are: Labor, Employee Benefits, Administrative Cost, General Expense, Payment on Debt, Capital and Multi-year Program Initiatives. Housing Operations account for $78.4 million (76.9 percent) of the FY2011 budget (which includes $9.9 million from Housing Reinvention Programs); Development Operations make up $23.2 million (22.7 percent); Other Operations make up $.44 million (0.4 percent). Budgeted expenditures for Housing Operations will increase by $2.6 million (3 percent) compared to FY2010. Development Operations expenditures will increase by $.68 million (3 percent). Other Operations will decrease by $.52 million (-54 percent) as compared to FY2010. The chart below represents the three major NRHA components which compares the Approved FY2011 Budget to the FY2010 Budget.

Total Housing Development Other

FY 2011 ($) 102,029,532 78,422,080 23,170,729 436,723

FY 2010 ($) 99,288,354 75,846,553 22,485,929 955,872

$ Change 2,741,178 2,575,527 684,800 - 519,149

% Change (FY10 to FY11) 3% 3% 3% -54%

% of FY2011 Budget 100.0% 76.9% 22.7% 0.4%

NRHA FY2011 vs. FY2010 Expenditures


proJeCTeD reveNUeHousing Operations account for $78.4 million (76.9 percent) of the FY2011 budget; Development Operations make up $23.1 million (22.7 percent); Other Operations make up $.44 million (.4 percent). Revenues for Housing Operations will increase by $2.5 mil-lion (3 percent) compared to FY2010. Development Operations revenues will increase by $.68 million (3.0 percent). Other Operations will decrease by $.52 million (-54 percent) as compared to FY2010.

The chart below represents the three major NRHA components which compares the Ap-proved FY2011 Budget to the FY2010 Budget. Revenue includes: HUD and City Grants, Tenant Income, Current Year Earning from Privately Managed Properties and Appropriations from Program Reserves and Other miscellaneous income.

NRHA FY 2011 vs. FY 2010 Revenue Budget Comparison

Total Housing Development Other

FY 2011 ($) 102,029,532 78,422,080 23,170,729 436,723

FY 2010 ($) 99,384,051 75,942,250 22,485,929 955,872

$ Change 2,645,481 2,479,830 684,800 -519,149

% Change (FY10 to FY11) 3% 3% 3% -54%

% of FY2011 Budget 100% 76.9% 22.7% 0.4%

The $2.5 million increase in Housing Operations is attributable to the funding provided viathe President’s stimulus plan, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), andnet operating increase from other various housing programs. The Development Divisionwill experience a $.68 million (3.0 percent) increase in funding. Other agency initiatives(Old Dominion Real Estate Foundation) will complete their acquisition program during theupcoming fiscal year. Development is largely funded by City Grants and HUD Grantswhich have been stable in prior years, but FY2011 projected revenues have someuncertainty that will need close monitoring.

Administration:NRHA’s health insurance premiums will increase by an average of 10.5 percent duringFY2011. Increased cost will be shared between employees enrolled in the plan and NRHA.Employer contribution to Virginia Retirement System (VRS) will increase from 14.9 percentto 15.38 percent in FY2011. Payroll cost does not include pay for performance increase orCost of Living Allowance in FY2011.

overview Conclusion:Staffing costs are being controlled through attrition and position control measures. Whilenew positions are being proposed under the new budget, total headcount is anticipated at324 employees in FY2011 which is a net reduction of 3.Current earnings are not allocated into unrestricted reserves during this time of uncertaineconomic conditions and continuing revenue reductions. If these conditions do notimprove within the next fiscal year, further reserves reductions will transpire.


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Statistical Digestof Housing and Community Revitalization

ASSIStED-RENtAL ApARtMENtS (Managed by NRHA)

Community Names Units occupied Acres

Bobbitt Apartments (Senior) 84 1980 3

Broad Creek 300 2006 87

Calvert Square 310 1957 19

Diggs town 422 1952 30

Franklin Arms (Senior) 100 2003 3

Grandy Village 363 1953 44

Hunter Square (Senior) 91 1978 3

Moton Circle 138 1952 11

North Wellington place 25 1988 7

Oakleaf Forest 257 1942 24

partrea Apartments (Senior) 114 1979 6

Scattered Site transitional 17 1993 N/A

Sykes Apartments (Senior) 84 1980 2

tidewater Gardens 618 1955 44

Young terrace 752 1953 36

ToTAL Assisted rental Units 3,675

NRHA-OWNED ApARtMENtS (under private Management)

Merrimack Landing 492 1941 56

Mission College 260 1990 13

Oakmont North 408 1971 21

park terrace 81 1977

ToTAL UNiTS 1,241

Housing Choice Voucher programVouchers 3,579

participating Landlords 859

Homenet FY2010 First-Time Buyer Closings ……………............…………….…65

TOTAL Residential Sales ……………………...………………..……...$9.8 million

TOTAL Mortgage Loans Generated …………….....…..…........…….$8.4 million


MuLtI-FAMILY DEVELOpMENtS Units

Berkley II Sumler terrace Apartments 126

Carney park Beechwood Apartments 136

Central Brambleton Area 32

Condominium Conversions 52

Downtown West Redevelopment

pierpointe Condominiums Freemason 72

River park Condominiums 44

the Heritage at Freemason Harbour 180

Educational Center Bowe Apartments 16

Ghent (includes Ghent Conservation)

Ghent on the Square Apartments 110

Ghent Village Apartments 140

Grace Covenant 79

Scattered apartment projects 150

Huntersville Huntersville Village Apartments 180

Huntersville II paradise Gardens Apartments 84

Rosemont

Baily parker townhouses 114

Cedarwood Village Apartments 104

Dundale Apartments 100

Oakmont Apartments 128

Ramblewood I and II Apartments 300

St. Andrews place Condominiums 184

Spartan Village townhouses 69

ToTAL Multi-Family Units 2,400


SINGLE-FAMILY & tOWNHOME pRODuCtION* Under construction Units occupied Acres

8th to 9th Bay 5 2001 1

17th to 19th Bay 22 2002 3

Attucks Square 28 1990 4.5

Attucks Square West 24 1992 5

Bay Oaks place 10 1994 1.4

Bell Diamond (6-15) 74 1973 8

* Broad Creek 70 2005 86

Carney park 72 1976 25

Central Brambleton Arch 30 2001 4.9

Cottage place 11 1999 2.3

* East Beach 204 2004 100

Gatewood Square 10 2000 1.3

Ghent Square 462 1976 65

Ingleside 23 1995 4.9

Lamberts point 14 2011 1.5

Lincoln Gardens 54 1981 18.8

Meadowbrook Woods 120 1979 32

Middle towne Arch 188 1986 62

Osborne Road 8 1997 1

park place East at Broadway 21 2006 12

pinewell-by-the-Bay 73 1990 19

StoneBridge Crossing 108 1997 51

* the Maplewoods at Olde Huntersville 27 N/A 3

townhouses @ East Church 12 2007 3

Wellington East 19 1991 3

Wellington Oaks 300 1974 31

Westchurch 31 2004 3.7

Scattered Site in-Fill (new and rehabilitated) 4,642

ToTAL Single-Family Units 6,282

REVENuE BOND ACtIVItY (since 1977)Type No. Units $ million

East Ocean View Acquisition Bond 1 N/A $9.9

Commercial Industrial/Other Development Bonds 76 N/A 184.9

New/Rehabilitation Multi-family 30 5,879 149.6

Retirement Community 1 N/A 53.2


CONSERVAtION pROJECtSArea *inactive projects Acres Started

Ballentine place 244 1987

Bayview Rehabilitation District 733 1989

Berkley II 8 1972

Berkley III 200 1986

Campostella Heights 80 2001

Central Brambleton 77 1991

* Colonial place-Riverview 234 1973

Cottage Line 299 1988

* Downtown West 33 1974

East Ocean View 571 1989

* Ghent 155 1969

Kensington /Dominion place 67 1986

* Lafayette-Winona 386 1979

Lamberts point 89 1994

Mid-town Industrial 106 1988

* North titustown 28 1983

park place 221 1973

Villa Heights 83 1986

West Ocean View 362 1981

Willoughby 138 2000

ToTAL proJeCTS: 20 4,114

Special service districts Started

Fairmount park 2007

Wards Corner 2008

ToTAL rehabilitation Loans/Grants Made in Conservation Areas Since 1969: 3,346 valued at $92.7 million


REDEVELOpMENt pROJECtSproject *Closed-out projects Acres Start primary Land Use

Atlantic City (R-1) 141 1957 medical center

* Bell-Diamond (A-1-3) 28 1969 residential

Berkley II (A-1-5) 68 1972 residential

Berkley IV 36 1994 residential

Church Street 29 1977 commercial

* Downtown East (R-18) 20 1961 commercial, public

Downtown North (R-8) 106 1958 commercial, public

Downtown South (R-9) 72 1961 commercial, public

Downtown West (A-1-6) 70 1973 residential, commercial

E. Ghent North (A-1-2) 90 1969 residential, schools

E. Ghent South (A-1-1) 69 1969 residential

East Ocean View 150 1989 residential

* Educational Center (A-1-4) 118 1969 residential, schools

Hampton Blvd. 66 1997 commercial, residential, institutional, office, retail

Huntersville I (R-70) 28 1971 residential

Huntersville II 71 1980 residential

Old Dominion (R-28) 37 1963 campus expansion, commercial, residential

project #1(uR1-1) 123 1951 commercial, public

Rosemont (R-25) 305 1962 residential

South Brambleton 142 1991 industrial

* Wood Street 10 1978 public

ToTAL proJeCTS: 21 1,779

Special Projects Completed

Attucks Theatre 2004

MacArthur Center 1999

Tidewater Community College - Norfolk Campus 2000

Waterside Festival Market Place 1983


SENIOR HOuSING DEVELOpMENtS*

Units

Carney park

tucker House 127

educational Center

COGIC 150

Ghent

John Knox towers 150

Huntersville ii

Calvary towers Medical 112

Facilities of America Nursing 180

Lamberts point

Village pointe Apartments 60

Village Gardens 40

Middle Towne Arch

Annetta Lane 40

Grace place 40

rosemont

Braywood Manor 228

ToTAL 1,127 *Developed by NRHA, now under different management


once the site of a brewery (from 1895 to 1980), the 1500 block of Church Street is now the site of virginia’s largest green-built townhome community – The Maplewoods @ olde Huntersville.

Documents

NRHA 2010 Annual Report