Sha’Randa Taylor delivered an impassioned plea before City Council Monday night. Displaying a clear container containing what she said was her fetus, recently miscarried due to the stress of her living situation in Richmond public housing, she called on Council for...
As Heat Restoration Begins, RRHA Chief Executive Resigns
T.K. Somanath, CEO of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA), resigned from his position on Sunday, according to RRHA Board Chairman Bob Adams. The resignation comes as efforts to restore heat to Creighton Court are underway, although Somanath, who...
Opinion: Richmond’s Public Housing Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis
“Welcome to poverty,” said a nurse living in Creighton Court as she greeted the RVA Mag team this past Monday. Her irony was well received, and how could it not be? Mice, trying to escape the cold, had invaded her home and defecated inside all of her furniture and...
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