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From WFAA Dallas/Fort Worth:
“We are in my home,” Laura Lyday says with a smile. “My little bungalow is what I call it.”
Lyday’s "bungalow" is a small studio-style room in a converted hotel. She was homeless off and on for 11 years, often sleeping in a tent, and it’s only when she reflects on...
From the Boston Herald:
Boston’s kicking in $40 million to create 718 new housing units, Mayor Michelle Wu announced.
“Housing is health,” Wu said in a press conference on Tuesday. “It is opportunity and safety and stability and a monthly foundation for our recovery from this pandemic.”
In total...
From KPBS San Diego:
The city of San Diego and the San Diego Housing Commission have been awarded $8.3 million from the federal government to support the COVID-19 Housing Stability Assistance Program, it was announced Wednesday.
The funds were reallocated from other jurisdictions across the...
From the Municipal Housing Authority of the City of Yonkers' press release:
Thanks to a new partnership between The Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) and Westhab, low-income residents in the City of Yonkers will benefit from a rental subsidy that will reduce their rents...
This week, HUD awarded $51.4 million in housing counseling grants to 177 HUD-approved housing counseling agencies and intermediary organizations. The funding supports housing counseling agencies in their critical work to stem the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on housing,...
In November 2020, the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) was awarded a grant from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy to help our public housing authority (PHA) members better protect and serve vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CLPHA conducted a competitive...
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a series on how Build Back Better Act funds will help public housing authorities better serve their residents and communities.
The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority’s (CMHA) housing stock has an average age of more than 70 years. CMHA is also...
From the Durham Housing Authority's press release:
The Durham Housing Authority (DHA) is excited to announce the selection of development partners on three downtown area sites. These three sites are the second phase of its DHA Downtown and Neighborhood Plan (DDNP). The sites combine for 37+ acres...
From NJ.com:
Jersey City residents living in Housing Authority buildings will be able to purchase high-speed internet access at deeply discounted prices and even get it for free, city officials announced Tuesday.
The city is partnering with Andrena, a New Jersey-based internet provider, in its...
From Next City:
Last May, construction kicked off on a Seattle housing project designed specifically for multigenerational working families — a population that’s been vastly overlooked in the construction boom of the past decade.
The project is currently called Yesler Family Housing and...