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The coronavirus pandemic and its associated effects have greatly impacted the U.S. Virgin Islands’ lowest income residents, especially its seniors. To lift their spirits and help them stay sanitized and protected against COVID-19, the Virgin Islands Housing Authority distributed care packages...
OCHA is Transforming Public Housing to Meet the Needs of Their Oldest Low-Income Residents
Through thoughtful, targeted, and health-focused redevelopment, the Oklahoma City Housing Authority (OCHA) is helping low-income Oklahoma City seniors to thrive. In new communities around Oklahoma City,...
From the Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's press release:
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) CEO Tracey Scott, , Alderman Michelle A Harris (8th Ward), Senator Elgie Sims (17th District), and other local and regional leaders today joined MR Properties, LLC for the grand...
From the Charlestown Patriot-Bridge:
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) is launching a $2.5 million partnership with local businesses and nonprofits to distribute hundreds of thousands of meals to its most vulnerable residents through the end of the year....
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) CEO and CLPHA Board of Directors Vice President Jeffery K. Patterson was recently featured on ForbesBooksRadio's affordable housing podcast ChangeMakers with Katie Goar. Mr. Patterson discussed CMHA's work not only to increase housing...
Virtual Roundtable featuring CLPHA Member Detroit Housing Commission
August 11 | 12:00 p.m. ET
On Thursday August 11 at 12:00 p.m. ET, Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies and MASS Design group are co-hosting a virtual roundtable that will present design strategies for...
Press release from the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority
Area Office on Aging and Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority Join Forces to Distribute USDA Food Boxes to Seniors
United States Department of Agriculture Farmers to Families Food Box Program Will Help Feed Area Citizens
Toledo, Ohio,...
From MyCentralJersey.com:
A groundbreaking was held for an affordable housing facility earmarked for residents 62 and over.
Rev. James F. Checchio, Bishop of Metuchen, and Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, were joined Feb. 25 by civic and...
From Forbes:
Once, these edifices were the bulwarks against illness. Today, they're part of the cure for the malaise afflicting housing availability. Nationwide, vacant hospitals, mental institutions and sanitariums are being recast as newly-opened apartment buildings. In communities from Los...
A recent report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies found that housing units receiving HUD subsidies were more accessible for older people and those with mobility difficulties compared to unsubsidized units occupied by low-income renters. A significant proportion of households served...