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Media Contact:
David Greer, CLPHA
dgreer@clpha.org
(202) 550-1381
For Immediate Release
November 20, 2020
Washington, D.C. (November 20, 2020) – The Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) announced today that it received a grant from the Center for...
From TRIBLive:
Duquesne University is working with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) and Live Well Allegheny to narrow the health care gap between white and Black people in the Steel City.
They are offering health care services to underserved communities during the...

Thursday, October 29 | 2:00 p.m. ET
Leaders in the health and housing industries recognize that successful collaboration between their sectors can improve the health and wellbeing of low-income individuals. Building on an earlier survey of the field of programs...

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 DCist:
Carl Goggins feels like he can’t be careful enough when it comes to the coronavirus. Apart from the danger the virus poses to him as a 67-year-old, he worries what would happen if he fell ill.
“I live by myself,” said Goggins. “Ain’t nobody gonna come to the door.”
So when a...
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....
From the District of Columbia Housing Authority's press release:
The District of Columbia Housing Authority entered into a partnership with Black Girl Health, a nationally known organization that works with companies, government entities and more to integrate strategic health programming in rural...
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,...