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From the Marin Independent Journal:
A big mixed-use development on the eastern side of downtown San Jose is headed for a possible makeover because the government agency slated to occupy the site might wind up at another location in the city.
The Santa Clara County Housing Authority has been...
From the Sacramento Bee:
The Sacramento City Council allocated $2.7 million of its $89 million in federal coronavirus stimulus funding and $2 million in additional federal funding toward rental assistance for low-income residents.
Renters can receive up to $4,000 in assistance, paid directly...
As Kent, Wash. public schools opened virtually in September due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local families faced the complicated problems parents across the country are navigating: how to facilitate remote schooling for their children while working remotely themselves, or finding supervision for...
Congratulations to CLPHA members Elm City Communities (the Housing Authority of New Haven) and INLIVIAN (the Charlotte Housing Authority) for being selected as inaugural members of The Bridges Collaborative, a nationwide initiative to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in education....
A year into the project, the renovation of Milwaukee Soldiers Home is moving along! In September 2019, the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee and developer The Alexander Company broke ground on the rehabilitation and restoration of the Milwaukee Soldiers Home, a...
From Cleveland.com:
A couple years ago, I happened to be in the company of a single mother of two young daughters on the day she found out her long wait for a federal housing voucher had come to an end.
She and her family had been living for years in the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority’s...
From the Los Angeles Times:
Nearly 9,000 residents of public housing in Los Angeles will receive free broadband internet access for the rest of the 2020-21 school year as part of a new partnership between the city, Microsoft and the start-up internet service provider Starry.
Starting in early...
From State of Reform:
Despite coronavirus-related struggles, Vancouver-area homelessness and affordable housing agencies continue to deliver services.
Though the need for social distancing, increased levels of sanitization and volunteer shortages during the coronavirus pandemic strained Clark...
As part of their Connect Home SA Program and to promote Digital Inclusion Week, the San Antonio Housing Authority gives away more than 120 desktop computers to residents. Watch KSAT San Antonio's news story on the giveaway event.
From the San Diego Union-Tribune:
A former motel that once had been seen as a blight in the neighborhood will be a new permanent home for 82 homeless San Diegans, including Lister Lane.
“This is like a dream,” said Lane, 61, in his first visit to Benson’s Place in the Otay Mesa/Nestor neighbor in...