Housing Authority Announces Availability of 5-Year Agency Plans for Public Review

Virgin Islands Housing Authority

The Virgin Islands Housing Authority (VIHA) notifies its residents, participants and the public at large of the availability of its five-year plans for low income public housing and housing choice voucher programs. The five-year plans will be available for public review from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Aug. 8 through Sept. 22, (45 calendar days) at the following locations:

St. Thomas — VIHA Central Office, 9900 Oswald Harris Court, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI 00802-3100 [777-8442]
St. Croix — VIHA Central Office, 5 Estate Bethlehem, Kingshill, St. Croix, V. I. 00850 [778-8442]
Virgin Islands Libraries: Public Display
St. Thomas – Charles W. Turnbull Library
St. John – Elaine Sprauve Library
St Croix — Florence Williams Library
**(Contact libraries for hours of operation)

The 5-Year Plans will also be available for review on the VI Housing Authority’s website: www.vihousing.org

The 5-Year Plans incorporate VIHA’s strategic goals and activities designed to promote quality affordable housing for low-income families including statements of housing needs, resources, certifications, policies and procedures that support improvements to the Authority’s public housing, housing choice voucher and development programs.

This 45-day public review period is an opportunity for residents, participants and interested members of the public to examine and provide feedback to the Authority on these documents.

To complete this review process, people are also invited to attend a public hearing scheduled for 6 p.m., Sept. 23 at the V.I. Housing Authority Central Offices on both St. Thomas and St. Croix.

Residents, participants and other members of the public are invited to submit written comments on the 5-Year Plans. Written comments must be received on or before Sept. 22. All written comments should be forwarded to:
Virgin Islands Housing Authority (att. 5-Year Agency Plan), 9900 Oswald Harris Court, St. Thomas, VI 00802-3100
Or email: agencyplan@vihousing.org