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Committee Report 
Committee on Housing, Transportation, & Telecommunications 
 
The Committee on Housing, Transportation & Telecommunications convened on 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 10:04 a.m. in the Earle B. Ottley Legislative 
Chambers on St. Thomas to receive testimony regarding VIHA Operations, Challenges, 
and Opportunities. As well as Homeownership and Housing Development Programs.  
 
The Committee received testimony on the Virgin Islands Housing Authority’s 
operations, challenges, and opportunities. Areas of focus included agency updates on 
operations and maintenance issues, the Housing Choice Voucher Program, and 
progress in community rehabilitation. Testimony also addressed the Williams Delight 
sale and related funding assistance, as well as the impact of federal-level policy changes 
on VIHA’s funding and overall operations. 
 
The Committee also heard testimony on the status of homeownership and housing 
development programs. These included updates on funding and the progress of current 
initiatives, the availability and utilization of funds for affordable housing, and the 
effects of federal policy changes on funding streams, operations, and programs.  
 
 
Legislative Attendance 
Committee Members Present 
Non-Committee Members Present 
Senator Marvin A. Blyden, Chair 
Senator Angel L. Bolques. Jr. 
Senator Clifford A. Joseph, Sr. 
 
Senator Ray Fonseca 
 
Senator Dwayne M. DeGraff 
 
Senator Marise C. James 
 
Senator Carla Joseph 
 
Senator Kurt A. Vialet  
 
 
 
The Honorable 
Marvin A. Blyden 
Senator 
 
Legislature of the Virgin Islands 
 
CAPITOL BUILDING, P.O. BOX 1690 
 
ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 00804 
 
(340) 774-0880 
CHAIRMAN 
Housing, Transportation & 
Telecommunications 
 
VICE CHAIR 
Budget, Appropriations & Finance 
 
MEMBER 
Economic Development & 
Agriculture 
 
Culture, Youth, Aging & Parks 
 
Health, Hospitals, & Human Services 
March 4, 20265 
 
 
 
 
Phone (340) 693-3567     Fax (340) 693-3636    Courriel SenatorBlyden@Gmail.com 
 
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Invited Testifiers 
Dwayne Alexander, Executive Director, 
Virgin Islands Housing Authority 
 
Eugene Jones, Executive Director, Virgin 
Islands Housing Finance Authority 
 
Adrienne Williams-Octalien, Executive 
Director, Office of Disaster Recovery 
 
Wayne Biggs, Chief Executive Office,  
VI Economic Development 
 
Glendina Matthews, Esq, Director, 
Division of Banks, Insurance & Financial 
Regulation 
 
 
 
The Committee on Housing, Transportation & Telecommunications adjourned at 4:16 
p.m.  
 
Prepared by: _______________________________ 
Vanessa Ortiz Williams 
Chief Legislative Researcher