(RECAP: There isn’t enough affordable housing for the oldest residents of the Williamsburg area, and the small housing that does exist costs too much for many of them. Diane Hartley runs the Williamsburg office of the Peninsula Agency on Aging. She believes many of the area’s facilities geared toward older residents are too costly for many people, especially those who are retired and are on a limited, fixed income. Many facilities in Williamsburg and James City County aren’t financially feasible for a large part of the older residents in the area. Some are priced substantially higher than the market rate. Peter Walentisch, the executive director of Williamsburg’s Public Housing Authority, said more than 600 people are on the city’s waiting list for public housing, and the list is closed until next January.)

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(RECAP: A groundbreaking ceremony will be happening in Richmond Monday, kicking off revitalization project in the city’s east end. The project will transform the existing Creighton Court public housing complex into a mixed-income community. It will start at a vacant school building, and Armstrong High School will be demolished Tuesday. The demolition will make way for redevelopment and the Creighton Court project, which was announced in late May 2015. Officials say the project will cost about $100 million. The entire Creighton Court public housing units will be redeveloped into 1,000 mixed income homes that include both rental and home ownership options.)

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(RECAP: The Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority remains under fire and facing questions about conditions in the city’s public housing while at the same time its board of commissioners prepare for an upcoming federal review. “Just because they don’t see us doing stuff they reckon we’re not doing anything,” says PRHA’s interim executive director, Donnell Brown. Once PRHA’s special meeting on Wednesday opened back up to the public its interim executive director tells 13News Now that it’ll be ready for HUD’s upcoming on-site review and will have submitted or have ready all 28 requested items such as banking information, budgets, and credit card statements. “I don’t know what they’re going to find because honestly you’ve got to remember we are human we make mistakes but I don’t reckon there’s anything to the level of removing the board,” Brown says. That is exactly what several members of the Portsmouth City Council say they want.)

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