GLOVERSVILLE Coronavirus fear, quarantine and illness have created delays at the Gloversville Housing Authority.
GHA Executive Director Amanda Ossenfort indicated to the Board of Commissioners that due to the coronavirus it will not be possible to complete annual inspections of all units at DuBois Garden Apartments as required by the end of this month by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
“There’s a lot of people that don’t want people in their apartment and there’s a lot of people that are on quarantine. So, we’re going to do as many as we can safely,” said Ossenfort during the Jan. 11 board meeting that was conducted remotely via videoconference.
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GLOVERSVILLE The Gloversville Housing Authority has implemented new policies and procedures in recent weeks to address residents’ concerns surrounding coronavirus health safety measures.
Residents of the senior towers raised health safety concerns to the GHA Board of Commissioners in October citing a lack of common protections against the coronavirus in their buildings, despite the housing authority’s receipt of multiple rounds of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Public housing authorities across the country in the spring and summer were provided CARES Act funding “to prepare for, prevent and respond to the coronavirus outbreak.” The GHA received $27,746 in May and $34,143 in August.