More than half of the renters in Richmond’s public housing communities — 55 percent — are now behind on rent, according to a report provided Monday to City Council.

Currently, 1,744 households owe $1.8 million in past due rent, Stacey Daniels-Fayson, interim chief executive officer of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, told City Council.

Ms. Daniels-Fayson said that represents an increase of 237 households since January, when she reported that 1,507 households, or 48 percent of the 3,127 households living in RRHA properties, were in arrears. At that point, the arrears amounted to $1.5 million.

Of most concern, she said, are the 886 households that owe $500 or more in back rent, with a portion owing between $1,000 and $5,000. The remaining 858 households owe between $50 and $500, she said.

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