Residents & RAD

Helpful Info for Residents. Check out HUD’s toolkit for public housing residents whose agencies are using RAD, including an Overview of RAD and many helpful Q&As on how RAD will affect residents and what they can expect during a RAD conversion process.

RAD’s Impacts on Residents. Review HUD’s overview of communications, process steps and rights that residents should expect when residing in a property undergoing a RAD conversion, along with other helpful information about RAD’s Choice-Mobility options and tenant organizations after conversion.

 What Residents Are Saying. See videos on how the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA), the Housing Authority of the City of (HACSB) and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) work collaboratively with their residents as they implement RAD.

RAD Photo Essays. HUD has undertaken a series of photo essays documenting what residents experience when going through a RAD conversion. The first of these photo essays is about  the impact on residents of the RAD conversion of the Lakeview Tower project in Baltimore. Resident members of Baltimore Housing's Resident Advisory Board (RAB) including  Mr. Wallace Craig (a resident for 17 years), Ms. Sharon Jones (a 31 year resident of Bel-Park Towers, another property rehabilitated through RAD), and Ms. Ella Broadway (President of the RAB), share their impressions of the RAD process for Lakeview Tower.  Additional photo essays can be found here.

What Residents Are Saying. See videos on how the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA), the Housing Authority of the City of (HACSB) and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) work collaboratively with their residents as they implement RAD.

NYCHA's RAD/PACT. The RAD/Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) enables the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to access new sources of funding using RAD to preserve its buildings as affordable for the long term. Enterprise Community Partners in New York has assembled a helpful Toolkit drawn from the NYCHA experience for residents and other community stakeholders to better understand the complexities of and effectively participate in the RAD conversion process for public housing properties. The Toolkit includes:

  • RAD Lessons Learned Report: The RAD Transition at the Ocean Bay (Bayside) Apartments-Lessons Learned report, provides insight into and an overview of the resident and development team transition experience at the Ocean Bay apartments in Far Rockaway, Queens, from 2017-2018. 

  • PACT Development Team Handbook: Provides an overview of the PACT program for future development teams, highlighting best practices and lessons learned from the first four PACT conversions in New York City.

  • RAD Handbook Resident Handbook: A Guide to NYCHA RAD Conversion (Spanish): Offers an an introduction to RAD, an overview of resident rights and protections under RAD, and guidance on how residents can prepare for a RAD conversion.

  • RAD Curriculum: Offers a visual, interactive resource that facilitators can present to residents going through a RAD conversion or groups interested in learning about RAD, such as resident leadership, community-based organizations, public agencies, developers, property managers, or advocates. The Curriculum Includes: 

    1. Facilitator’s Guide containing three sections:

    2. Student Packet of handouts and activities

Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority Names RAD Property after Resident Leader. See the video of the surprise announcement made by CMHA CEO Jeffrey Patterson in honor of long-time resident leader, Lillian Davis, by clicking here.