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From the Toledo Blade:
Fueled by what he called an impressive year in running an “over-regulated, underfunded agency,” during a pandemic, the president of Lucas Metropolitan Housing pledged Tuesday to offer more to public-housing residents in 2021 during what will be a “breakthrough” year for...
Unique Housing Project Eases the Path to Re-Entry for Single Parents (King County Housing Authority)
From Next City:
People who are released from incarceration face unique challenges to participating in society. Returning citizens have no job, little money, and no permanent place to live upon their release. They are sometimes barred from receiving public benefits or accessing public housing....
From the St. Paul Public Housng Agency's newsletter:
On November 1, 2020, 39 new PBV units came online at Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis Dorothy Day Residence, with a 20-year subsidy contract (Housing Assistance Payments; HAP) from the PHA. Completed in the Fall of 2019,...
From WBEZ Chicago:
Ms. B’s Kitchen and Catering in the North Lawndale neighborhood sells Chicago-style favorites like pizza puffs. On other days of the week, owner Tawanda Stange cooks comfort food, everything from pot roast to oxtails to gumbo. Her Sunday Soul Food menu includes baked chicken,...
From ABC 7 News:
El Sereno community leaders and Caltrans have partnered with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles to help a group of homeless activists in the area.
The group known as Reclaiming Our Homes started illegally occupying the Caltrans-owned homes in March.
Now,...
From Multi-Housing News:
The Housing Authority of the City of El Paso has received a $21.5 million Freddie Mac unfunded forward commitment loan for the renovation of Jackie Robinson Memorial Apartments, a 186-unit affordable housing community in El Paso, Texas. Lument provided the 18-year...
From the Partnership for Children & Youth’s HousED Initiative:
HousED is collecting information from staff and residents with children living in public and affordable housing to gauge what gaps in food insecurity and meals assistance their children and young people are...
The Public & Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) has released its latest 2020 Housing Impact Report, Meeting Unique Needs and Building Accessible Homes. This PAHRC’s fourth 2020 Housing Impact Report – previous reports focused on seniors, children, and ...
The work of resident service coordinators has been essential to maintaining the mental and physical health of seniors living in publicly funded housing during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCSHS), based on a survey conducted with...
From Data Across Sectors for Health:
Are you building new partnerships, engaging stakeholders and community members, or planning a collaborative data-sharing project? Would you like to be a part of a group of communities supporting each other? Data Across Sectors for Health (DASH) is launching...