People

People are the priority!

Building a resilient Norfolk community of the future in St. Paul’s means helping former residents of Tidewater Gardens find new opportunities to build healthy, prosperous lives.

Right to Return Policy

The City’s Right to Return policy lifts financial barriers to guarantee that every former resident of Tidewater Gardens has the right to return to the new community of Kindred, where income is not a barrier to access new, energy-efficient, high quality, and modern housing in a live, work and play environment.

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Resident Highlight: Ty’Jenya and Tinesha Pinkney

“People First helped us find a place to live, they paid the deposit on the home, and they hired movers to help us move,” said Ms. Pinkney. “It’s such a blessing.”

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Resident Highlight: Leo Cox

“After about nine months of dental visits, Mr. Cox walked out of the dentist’s office with a pearly white smile he describes as “beautiful.””

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Resident Highlight: Natalie Lino

“My life, oh my Lord, my life has changed,” said Ms. Lino, who is preparing for yet another lifestyle change: moving to Origin Circle at Kindred with her youngest child, who is 12.

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Resident Highlight: Anyla Williams-Johnson

“My grandmother came the first day I got the keys and prayed at the house,” she says proudly, crediting hard work, People FirstUSI and the NRHA with helping her make her dream come true.