Seven months after getting a rejection letter, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority has submitted changes to its 2020 annual plan in a bid to win approval from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

RRHA has not publicly shared the amendments and edited version that it submitted to HUD.

The discovery of RRHA’s action came to light as the result of the persistence of Michael Sarahan, an activist and former assistant city attorney. He was notified of RRHA’s submission on April 9 in an email from HUD official Robert Davenport, director of the Richmond Field Office.

Mr. Davenport is the official who rejected RRHA’s original plan submission last September as not meeting HUD guidelines for public and tenant participation in its development.

RRHA “has submitted documents to HUD for review,” Mr. Davenport wrote to Mr. Sarahan, though Mr. Davenport also noted the documents were not open to the public as “they are pre-decisional and under review.”

Mr. Davenport told Mr. Sarahan to check back in four months to learn if the paperwork would be publicly available.

RRHA officials have not responded to Free Press queries seeking information about its proposed changes.

Several months ago, Damon E. Duncan, RRHA’s outgoing chief executive officer, asserted that the changes that RRHA would need to make were technical in nature.

But in his rejection letter to RRHA, Mr. Davenport stated the changes needed were considered significant, signaling that RRHA might need to hold public hearings on its amended proposal.

RRHA has not announced any plans to hold such hearings.