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From the Durham Housing Authority's press release:
Tomorrow the public-private partnership of Laurel Street and the Durham Housing Authority (DHA) along with its tax credit equity partners, CVS Health® (NYSE: CVS) and Red Stone Equity Partners, will join other community partners at a...
From Delaware Public Media:
The Wilmington Housing Authority’s Wellness Checker Program made over 5,000 wellness check calls during the program's first year.
The program to promote the health and wellbeing of senior residents in Wilmington Housing Authority buildings was free of charge to...
Inadequate collaboration and obstacles to collaboration are major impediments to improving Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) goals, according to the Blueprint for Action Report published by the Convergence Collaborative on Social Factors of Health. The Collaborative brought together a group of...
August 19 | 2:00 p.m. ET
Register now for a webinar hosted by Emory University that will explore how housing as a social determinant of health affects individuals across the cancer care continuum. The webinar will feature Abra Lyons-Warren, CLPHA’s Director of Cross-Sector Initiatives, and Laura...
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Since its inception in the Housing Act of 1937, public housing has faced decades of chronic underfunding and disinvestment. While the last 30 years has brough renewed commitment to new policies and investments in public housing, a cohesive national strategy to...
From GW Today:
Erin Athey has spent decades working in community medicine in Washington, D.C., a career that made her painfully aware of the disparity in care access between the city’s high-income and low-income residents.
“There is a 20-year difference in life expectancy between the White House...
From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:
Thomas King had earned an Associate Degree from Truman College and had transferred to Northeastern Illinois University where he’d been accepted into the Godwin School of Education. Everything was going well for the former restaurant worker who...
From the Columbian:
Local housing officials gathered Thursday to celebrate progress on the construction of a new low-income senior living facility in Vancouver’s Bagley Downs neighborhood.
Laurel Manor, 3333 N.E. 66th Ave., is a four-story apartment building with 82 one-bedroom units next door to...
HUD is making available nearly $90 million in health and safety funds aimed at reducing health hazards in public housing units. The Housing-related Hazards Capital Fund (HRHCF) and Lead Based Paint Capital Fund Program (LBPCF) NOFO will provide grants upwards of $15,000 per...
From the Fairfax County and Redevelopment Authority's press release:
The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) plans to implement a major increase in the rental assistance to individuals with serious mental illness.
During their March 14, 2024 meeting, the FCRHA’s...