LLB Architects conducted a tailored facility condition assessment for the South Kingstown Housing Authority. We focused our inventory method on the housing assets and their renewal needs to suit the next steps for the Housing Authority. Our assessment team produced a short-term capital renewal outlook based on each facility’s current physical state, centered on life cycle, deferred maintenance, life safety, and accessibility observations and analysis. This report provided a baseline to then inform repositioning opportunities under HUD’s Section 18 process for Demolition/Disposition.

The South Kingstown Housing Authority (SKHA) manages three housing developments: Fournier Estates, Champagne Heights, and Village Gardens. The Fournier Estates and Champagne Heights properties have not undertaken any significant modernization or improvements in their 35+ year life span, and maintenance has been primarily reactive in nature. Village Gardens is about 25 years old, but shows modest signs of deferred or neglected maintenance.