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Affordable Housing Finance interviewed CLPHA Board President and King County Housing Authority Executive Director Stephen Norman for its Pop Quiz segment this month. Mr. Norman discussed his career pathway in public and affordable housing, how KCHA is transforming its portfolio...
From Urbanize Los Angeles:
In 2017, Los Angeles city officials joined with The Michaels Organization and Bridge Housing Corporation to launch the redevelopment of the Jordan Downs public housing complex in Watts. In the five years that have followed, blocks of...
From the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee's website:
Throughout 2020, the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) demonstrated that it can adapt quickly and effectively as seen with its shift to a virtual format for the Make Your Money Talk (MYMT) financial literacy...
From The Columbian:
The Vancouver Housing Authority is launching a rent buy-down program to make more rentals available to low-income households in Clark County.
Through the program announced this week, the VHA will provide a subsidy to participating landlords that reduces the tenant’s portion of...
From WBAP Radio:
The Fort Worth Stop Six Neighborhood will soon have more housing, amenities and job opportunities.
Demolition for the 1950s-era J.A. Cavile Place public housing community is underway to make room for a mixed-used development.
Known for its red brick buildings, Cavile’s 300 units...
From MyNewsLA.com:
BRIDGE Housing announced Thursday its revitalization initiative at the Jordan Downs public housing development in Watts created more than 100 jobs in the first phase of construction, and 70% of the hires were local.
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles selected...
From the El Paso Herald-Post:
Sundt Construction recently completed its renovation of the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso’s (HACEP) Sherman residential community.
“I’m proud of our team for showing resilience and preserving during these difficult times and placing a huge amount of...
From the Boston Herald:
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh on Monday announced the formal launch of the City of Boston Voucher Program, which will help hundreds of low-income city families with rental assistance.
The rental voucher program is funded by the city’s operating budget and administered by the...
From the Akron Beacon Journal:
The FirstEnergy Foundation has donated more than $3.4 million to nearly 100 organizations across its service territory as part of “Investing with Purpose,” a company initiative focused on supporting organizations that advance health and safety, workforce development...
From the New York Daily News:
It’s become fashionable over the last decade or so for city and state politicians to bemoan the pitiful financial state and ever-deteriorating physical condition of the New York City Housing Authority, where arcane bureaucracy and decades of federal disinvestment have...