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While public housing authorities have long known that digital access is critical to improve life outcomes for low-income individuals and families, recent increases in federal resources dedicated to broadband access are creating new awareness about its untapped potential.
Last year, the Biden...
Vancouver Housing Authority and its partners recently celebrated the start of construction on Fourth Plain Community Commons in Vancouver, Wash. The project will anchor the area, known as Vancouver’s International Business District, which is home to the city’s most diverse and lowest income...
From The DC Line:
Dr. Catherine Crosland, medical director of emergency response sites at Unity Health Care, remembers an older man she used to care for — one of the first people admitted to DC’s Pandemic Emergency Program for Medically Vulnerable Individuals, or PEP-V, in the early days of the...
From Fox 61 New Haven:
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro held a roundtable in New Haven on Monday to discuss what needs to be done to address the ongoing baby formula crisis and hear mothers' stories.
Many moms spoke out during the discussion and shared their trials and tribulations...
From the Family Service Society of Yonkers' (FSSY) press release:
Family Service Society of Yonkers (FSSY) is partnering with Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) in a joint mission to assist kinship families seeking affordable housing. In this cooperative effort,...
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP), ABK Learning & Development Center, and Duquesne University School of Education were honored on May 10, 2022, with the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission's Response in Caring Award. The partnership was one of three such...
From The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator's (LACI) press release:
Congresswoman Nanette Díaz Barragán (CA-44), author of the EVs For All Act (HR 6662) that would provide residents of 50 public housing projects nationwide with access to zero emission cars and charging infrastructure (alt....
From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:
For the second year, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) partnered with the Daisie Foundation, a non-profit that specializes in random acts of kindness, for a special Mother’s Day Makeover Celebration honoring 100 CHA residents Wednesday at ROW...
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month
8th Annual Housing Is Summit Focuses on Health and Housing
It has been shown that housing instability has an impact on a range of health issues, including mental health. At the national level, the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities has...
From Spectrum News 1:
Moses Massenburg can be found every day on the farm where he grows produce and teaches people how to farm.
“Typically, farmers like to beat the heat so I get here at 4 a.m.,” he said.
Massenberg lives in Watts and grows produce in MudTown Farms, a 2.5-acre urban...