Summary
The housing authority is converting its public housing properties through the RAD/Section 18 process, which changes how the properties are financed and managed. HUD sign-offs, tax credit applications, and resident relocation are the big moving parts, with a resident meeting set for September 8.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 10
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 27, 2026.
Impact analysis
The conversion involves bond and tax credit applications planned for January 2027, though total dollar figures weren't given.
Residents of the affected public housing units, who will learn about relocation vouchers and their rights at the September meeting.
The conversion — and the residents counting on it — could be jeopardized if the flood-elevation waiver is not obtained.
Mentions & discussions (10)
SCP Housing Authority 6:00 PM (trimmed) - Oct 27, 2026
The conversion of the parish's public housing continues: the inventory removal application is now under federal review, environmental reviews await HUD field-office access, and a tax credit application goes to the state in January. Staff called the submission a big hurdle cleared.
SCP Housing Authority 6:00 PM (trimmed) - Aug 25, 2026
The housing authority is converting its public housing properties through the RAD/Section 18 process, which changes how the properties are financed and managed. HUD sign-offs, tax credit applications, and resident relocation are the big moving parts, with a resident meeting set for September 8.
SCP Housing Authority 6:00 PM (trimmed) - Jul 29, 2026
The authority has 53 of 129 units leased with six vacancies — two nearly move-in ready with families identified, targeted for August 1 occupancy. The authority is working to raise occupancy after HUD downgraded its status from troubled to substandard.
SCP Housing Authority Board 6:00 PM (trimmed) - Jun 24, 2026
The consultant cleared Hanville of floodplain concerns, but the Booti and Desalemans properties sit in the floodplain, requiring mitigation or HUD's eight-step process. The agency is preparing a financing plan and may amend its CHAP over project-based vouchers vs. rental assistance.
SCP Housing Authority 5:00 PM - ANNUAL PLAN AND CAPITAL FUND ACTION PLAN PUBLIC HEARING (trimmed) - Jun 23, 2026
The authority's developer partner asked that the plan be more specific about which voucher program will fund the RAD Section 18 conversion. The tweak would avoid a 'significant amendment' that would trigger more advertising, comment periods and another hearing.
SCP Housing Authority 6:00 PM (trimmed) - May 27, 2026
Two of the authority's three properties are now in a FEMA-designated floodplain, and HUD won't approve the conversion until the issue is resolved. Raising the homes isn't affordable, so the authority must complete HUD's eight-step mitigation process — likely adding months to the timeline.
SCP Housing Authority 6:00 PM (trimmed) - Apr 29, 2026
The agency received its CHAP and is moving toward converting its 129 public housing units, with Parish Council backing. A new wrinkle: the environmental study flagged base flood elevation concerns that could require a FEMA/HUD waiver, since lifting the units would be financially ruinous to the conversion.
SCP Housing Authority 6:00 PM (trimmed) - Mar 24, 2026
After months of stall, the conversion application is moving — HUD completed the agency operations review, a CHAP approval is expected within a month, and construction at the Zalmans is targeted for October 2026, with full redevelopment by end of 2027.
SCP Housing Authority 6:00 PM (trimmed) - Feb 24, 2026
The authority's application to convert public housing through the RAD/Section 18 program is still pending at HUD, but consultants expect a response within about three weeks. A renewed environmental study and capital needs assessment are already moving forward.
SCP Housing Authority 6:00 PM (trimmed) - Jan 27, 2026
The authority's application to convert its Boutte low-rent properties is finally under HUD review after several submissions. Higher project-based rental assistance rents and a deferred developer fee appear to have closed the financing gap.
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