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The Seattle Housing Authority’s (SHA) Board of Commissioners approved the housing authority’s plan to purchase up to 500 units to add to SHA’s housing inventory for low-income individuals and families. SHA is moving forward with plans to purchase four existing apartment...
The San Diego Housing Commission held its 13thannual Project Homeless Connect event, a resource fair for San Diegans experiencing homelessness that provides donated items such as shoes and snacks and offers services like eye exams, flu shots, haircuts, dental screenings, health care...
The Healthy Corner Store Initiative (HCSI), a new pilot program developed by San Antonio-area partners, will offer food vouchers redeemable for healthy food at corner stores in San Antonio’s District 3. HCSI will make these vouchers available to San Antonio Housing Authority ...
The Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency received High Performer status under HUD’s Section Eight Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) and the 2019 HUD Region IX Program of the Year Award for the housing authority’s operation of the the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH...
The Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency (SHRA), in partnership with the County Department of Homeless Initiatives, is working to provide permanent supportive housing to individuals experiencing homelessness. If their joint application is approved, Sacramento could...
Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) CEO Gregory Johnson participated on behalf of CMHA in a meeting comprised of local organizations, officials, and experts who convened to address affordable housing and related issues in the greater Cincinnati area and collaboratively...
Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) CEO Gregory Johnson penned an op-ed in the Cincinnati Enquirer outlining CMHA's bold steps to preserve its existing affordable housing stock by using new tools, fostering public and private partnerships, and employing programs like...
Leading smart cities industry publication Smart Cities Dive published an article about the Chicago Housing Authority’s (CHA) innovative partnership with Chicago Public Libraries (CPL) to co-locate CPL libraries within CHA communities. CHA and CPL recently cut the ribbon...
146 Boston Housing Authority (BHA) public housing units will remain affordable for at least the next 99 years thanks to a $47.2 million project in partnership with nonprofit community development organization Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA). 110 units will be funded through...
The Winter 2019 issue of Evidence Matters, a publication from HUD’s office of Policy Development and Research, focuses on research regarding landlord acceptance of Housing Choice Vouchers, the efforts to increase participation in the HCV program, and the implications of landlord participation...