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From Spectrum News 1:
About $100,000 is being put toward efforts to increase the availability of healthy food options in underserved areas of Milwaukee.
The City of Milwaukee announced Monday that seven for-profit and not-for-profit organizations supporting health food initiatives received this...
From the New York Times:
Tearing down public housing has become something of a national trend, except in New York, where the New York City Housing Authority has held onto its stock of aging buildings even as repair bills and tenant complaints mount.
But that may be changing.
NYCHA is...
On Wednesday, May 31, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) joined with Nike Executives, the Boys & Girls Club and Councilmember Traci Park of Los Angeles Council District 11 to celebrate the unveiling of a new outdoor turf soccer field in the heart of Mar Vista...
From the Boston Globe:
Almost a quarter-century ago, the word came down from Washington, D.C.: The federal government was done building public housing.
A new law capped the number of deeply affordable apartments Washington would subsidize in any given city at whatever existed in 1999,...
Fort Wayne Housing Authority Partners with Jorgensen Family YMCA to Reduce Risk of Children Drowning
According to the Children’s Safety Network, 3,572 people die from drowning yearly in the U.S.-- 945 are children. Children account for one out of four drowning deaths. To raise awareness of this issue and provide families with resources Fort Wayne Housing Authority is partnering with...
From Affordable Housing Finance:
A 279-unit affordable housing community for families and seniors celebrated its grand opening in Alexandria, Virginia.
Residences at North Hill is a key component of a large-scale revitalization effort transforming 34 underutilized acres off Richmond Highway....
From the Dorchester Reporter:
When Codman Square’s Gisselle Jimenez heard about the One Plus Boston mortgage, which helps public housing or Section 8 voucher holders achieve homeownership with up to $75,000 in assistance, she thought it sounded too good to be true.
But the path she embarked upon...
HUD has awarded a third tranche of 3,379 Stability Vouchers (SV) worth $45 million to 135 PHAs and their partnering Continuums of Care (CoCs). The full list of PHAs to receive funding is available here. Among the awardees are 20 CLPHA members. This third tranche of Stability Vouchers...
Sacramento, Bremerton Housing Authorities Receive HUD Funding to Help Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
CLPHA congratulates our members Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) and Bremerton Housing Authority (BHA) upon receiving HUD funding for Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) initiative vouchers to address foster youth homelessness. SHRA received $ 289,458 and BHA received...
From the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority's website:
On Monday, the Minnesota Legislature wrapped up its legislative session, establishing the state’s biennial budget for the next two years. Included in the final billion-dollar housing budget (HF 2335) was a direct one-time cash grant of $5...