So help us.

That is Stacey Daniels-Fayson’s response to critics of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s resumption of the eviction process for hundreds of public housing residents who have fallen behind in rent payments.

Ms. Daniels-Fayson, the authority’s chief executive officer, said Tuesday that RRHA is preparing to meet with representatives of organizations who expressed concern at the Jan. 19 RRHA board meeting about the agency’s resumption of lease enforcement, but also offered “to help ensure that families were not subject to eviction.”

She stated that she and other staff have issued letters to those organizations and set up two sessions for Thursday, Feb. 10, to discuss the role that those groups could play.

“RRHA welcomes each individual, educator and partner and appreciates their willingness to use their resources, experience and connections to assist public housing families to ensure they stay in their home,” she said.

RRHA has applied for more than $4.5 million in rent relief for residents since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and secured more than $4 million, according to the authority.

Currently, 1,500 families, or nearly half of RRHA’s tenants, are 31 or more days behind in rent payments, Ms. Daniels-Fayson said. Even as RRHA moves forward with lease enforcement, she continued, the agency is exhausting all available options before filing suits and seeking possession of units and the removal of households.