Waterbury Housing Authority

This Annual PHA Plan for the Waterbury Housing Authority outlines revisions to existing operational elements and details new activities to optimize resources, expand affordable housing, and ensure long-term sustainability. Key objectives include expanding the supply of assisted housing through projects like West Grove, Lawrence Crest, and the Begg Building; improving the quality of public housing through enhanced property management, security upgrades, and health/safety initiatives; modernizing units; and improving voucher management. The plan also focuses on promoting resident self-sufficiency, ensuring fair access to housing, maintaining high operational performance, and fostering community engagement.

This Annual PHA Plan for the Waterbury Housing Authority outlines its mission, goals, and objectives for serving low-income families. The plan details revisions to existing policies, new activities such as demolition, disposition, and conversion to project-based assistance, and progress towards its strategic goals. Key priorities include expanding the supply of assisted housing through new developments and vouchers, improving the quality and safety of public housing, promoting resident self-sufficiency, ensuring fair housing access, and maintaining efficient operations and high occupancy rates.

The 5-Year PHA Plan for the Waterbury Housing Authority aims to be the area's affordable housing of choice by providing safe, quality, and cost-effective housing and services. The plan focuses on several key goals: expanding and improving the quality of affordable housing, increasing housing choices, providing an improved living environment, promoting self-sufficiency and asset development for assisted households, and ensuring equal opportunity and affirmatively furthering fair housing. It also details policies for efficient program management and protections under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

This Annual PHA Plan outlines the Housing Authority of the City of Waterbury's policies, programs, and services for the fiscal year beginning July 2022. Key strategic areas include revising existing plan elements to address housing needs, deconcentration of poverty, financial resources, rent determination, and safety and crime prevention. The plan details new activities such as demolition and disposition of units, redevelopment initiatives for various properties, and the utilization of Project-Based Vouchers. It also reports progress on HUD Strategic Goals, focusing on expanding assisted housing, improving public housing quality, promoting self-sufficiency, ensuring fair housing access, and maintaining high performance in program management.