Bethlehem Housing Authority Board to Meet Monday, Discuss Moving Tenants, Capital Plan Changes

April 10, 2026

— Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley News Briefs

The Bethlehem Housing Authority, which has about 1,500 subsidized housing units, will meet Monday and discuss the relocation of tenants and other issues.

At the Board of Commissioners’ meeting in March, the relocation of tenants because of work at the Parkridge location on Brookside Drive was discussed.

The authority will also discuss a contract for cutting grass and changes to its 2024 capital plan.

The Board of Commissioners of the Bethlehem Housing Authority will meet at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 13 at the Monocacy Tower Community Room, 645 Main St., on the first floor of the high-rise building. The meeting will be in-person and available online. See the agenda below for details or better yet, go to the website.

Here’s a cut-and-paste version of the agenda:

TENTATIVE AGENDA . . . REGULAR MEETING . . .APRIL 13, 2026
MONOCACY TOWER COMMUNITY ROOM – 645 MAIN STREET, 1ST FLOOR
HYBRID Meeting -Time: 04:00 PM
Meeting ID: 811 3017 0111/Password: 140215
CALL+1-646-931-3860, *140215# US

1. Call to Order.
2. Pledge to the Flag.
3. Roll Call.
4. Approval of Minutes – Regular Meeting March 9, 2026.
5. Treasurer’s Report – Review of Check Register (MAR)
   -Financial Report
   -Section 8
6. Courtesy of the Floor (Agenda Items Only).
7. Old Business.
   -Parkridge Lease
8. (a) Chairman’s Report. (b) Executive Director’s Report. (c) Deputy Executive Director’s Report.
9. Committee Reports – – – –

• Scholarship
• Resident Advisory Committee – (Commissioner Rogelio Ortiz)
  (Next RAB Meeting Scheduled for Thursday, August 13, 2026)
• Resident Council Update – Gwendolyn Flores

1. Resolutions – – –
   (a) Review and Approve the Contract for Grass Cutting Services. (Attachment)

(b) Review and Approve the Contract for replacement of Roofs in Marvine Development. (Attachment)

          (c) Review and Approve the contract for Tenant Relocation and Moving Services.   (Attachment) 

          (d) Review and Approve the Write-Off Vacated Tenant Accounts. (Attachment) 

          (e) Review and Approve the amended 2024 Capital Fund Plan.  (Attachment) 

11. New Business – – – –
12. Miscellaneous Reports & Other Business – Board Members, Solicitor & Staff.
13. Public Comments.
14. Next Board Meeting – REGULAR BOARD MEETING, MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026, 4:00 P.M.
    (Monocacy Tower Community Room)
15. Adjournment.
    (PLEASE SILENCE CELL PHONES)
    **PLEASE NOTE MEETING DATE AND TIME (HYBRID MEETING)
    Copies of BHA Board Meeting Minutes are located on Website HTTPS://bethlehemhousing.org