New Bedford Housing Authority

Amid a controversy over surveillance of public housing residents along with rising rents and evictions, New Bedford's housing authority is in the process of upgrading its video cameras.

The Bristol County Superior Court has upheld a union decision ordering the reinstatement of a New Bedford Housing Authority employee who was fired due to violent behavior.

Bristol County Superior Court may soon be deciding the fate of a former New Bedford Housing Authority employee who was fired after police had to be called to the office to remove him during an altercation in 2021.

A New Bedford City Council committee has scheduled a meeting to hear the concerns of residents of Melville Towers and Tripp Towers.

City needs to step in to support displaced families from Puerto Rico.

Two city agencies are receiving a $200,000 state grant to create a vocational training and education program for residents of Public Housing. The Baker-Polito Administration announced the grant this past week. The New Bedford Housing Authority and PACE Youth Build says the 18-month program will hopefully serve more than 200 public housing residents over the age of 24...

A house fire late Tuesday afternoon in New Bedford is under investigation. District Fire Chief Jeff Pothier tells WBSM News, the fire broke out just before 5pm in a duplex at 86-88 Sylvia street, owned by the New Bedford Housing Authority...

State Auditor Suzanne Bump says the operations of the New Bedford Housing Authority are satisfactory, with no serious problems detected during a recent audit.... There were some deficiencies however. The Auditor says there were incomplete inventories of the Authority's furniture and equipment, and some fringe benefits for the Executive Director had not been treated as taxable compensation... Read

The Patrick Administration is moving to stamp out smoking in public housing. The Department of Housing and Community Development on Thursday issued guidelines to all 240 local housing authorities urging them to develop smoke-free housing policies within their state-aided public housing units...