When the 43-year-old Bickers officially starts as executive director Wednesday he said he will face a host of tasks and challenges to turn the housing authority around.

Albemarle County officials are considering revisions to an ordinance that allows owners of planned developments to build under the zoning rules that were in place when the projects were approved, even if those rules have since changed.

Differing interpretations of the Albemarle County code have caused work at a construction site on Garth Road to fall weeks behind, costing developer Charles Hurt time and money.