JC Housing Authority sees high turnover after rent increase

Turnover in Johnson City Housing Authority units doubled last year, increasing the organization’s maintenance costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars.According to the Housing Authority, HUD required them to raise rent to better reflect fair market rent. The higher prices sent a lot of residents packing.The Housing Authority’s maintenance costs were about $400,000 higher last year than usual, because they had to clean and prepare twice as many apartments for new tenants.Richard McClain, Exec…



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