RRHA’s parking pass
1/12/2023, 6 p.m.
The city’s housing authority this week gained a boost from City Council as it prepares to move its headquarters from Gilpin Court to a 600 E. Broad St. office building in Downtown.
The council Monday night unanimously approved a parking lease agreement that will provide the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority with 82 spaces in two city-owned parking garages on East Marshall street.
The vote ensures RRHA will have adequate parking for staff after the move.
RRHA has long been headquartered at 901 Chamberlayne Parkway. RRHA decided to move last year after determining the building needed extensive renovation and also to be closer to policy- and decision-makers at City Hall.
The Free Press had reported RRHA would move into another building, 730 E. Broad St., based on incorrect information provided by RRHA’s board of commissioners. RRHA spokeswoman Angela Fountain said that 730 E. Broad had been considered before 600 E. Broad became the choice.
