The board of directors of the Carter Housing Authority is being provided with the Housing Authority’s annual project-based budget for the
1,000-unit Jay Street Homes, a large building in downtown Carter. The board and staff see that projected revenue falls short of operating
expenses. Seventy-five of the units are vacant because they don’t meet housing quality standards. The building elevators are not working on
multiple floors, and the electrical system in the building is not compliant with current building code regulations. The management
and maintenance staff members assigned to the Jay Street Houses also work at a public housing development across town. They are spread too thin
to accurately collect information on a monthly basis, and have had little time to develop other recreational and cultural programming services on
the site of the property.