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Residents object to Chattanooga Housing Authority maintenance fee increase

Boynton Terrace resident Lizzie Greer raises her hand to say residents should take more responsibility, but housing should provide more maintenance at a Monday meeting concerning Chattanooga Housing Authority rate increases. George Sims is in the background. Boynton Terrace resident Lizzie Greer raises her hand to say residents should take more responsibility, but housing should provide more maintenance at a Monday meeting concerning Chattanooga Housing Authority rate increases. George Sims is in the background.

By Yolanda Putman May 12, 2015 3 min read

They need to do away with fees. People are struggling or else we wouldn't be up here."

Nearly two dozen senior and disabled residents met Monday at Boynton Terrace, the Chattanooga Housing Authority’s largest senior high-rise, to express concerns about maintenance fee increases.

Within the next three years, the housing authority says it will charge low-income public housing residents up to $247 to repair ceiling damage and $238 to replace storm doors when housing officials determine a tenant purposefully damaged the property or allowed it to be damaged.

Within the next three weeks, CHA will double its lock-out fee from $10 to $22 when residents need assistance after business hours.

Linda Bonds questioned how CHA expects low-income seniors to pay the fees.