Steven Beauregard

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.

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.

The New Bedford Housing Authority receives applications for public housing in New Bedford from individuals living in communities as far away as Billerica and Springfield, with those applicants applying to numerous communities.