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Urban Institute published an updated evaluation of the Pro Neighborhoods Purple Line Collaborative that summarizes activities from November 2020 to September 2021 in the second year of a grant that provides targeted loan capital, technical assistance, and supports for projects related to...
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) recently released a brief analyzing a survey conducted last September through the Remodeling Futures program on renters’ concerns regarding how their homes impact their health. Survey results showed that 43 percent of renter households worry...
We know that PHAs are committed helping their residents achieve successful outcomes. CLPHA is interested in hearing from you about the steps your agency is taking to help residents of all backgrounds achieve successful outcomes so that we can develop resources to help our members expand this work...
The King County Housing Authority's Neighborhood Early Learning Connectors program builds bridges and provides support and resources in its public housing communities to hundreds of families with children from birth to 5-years old. In KCHA's new video below, find out more about how thier...
From CBS Austin:
A new health care option coming to an area of Austin that's been lacking those kinds of services for decades. A new community health center will be opening later this year at the Chalmers Courts in East Austin.
Chalmers Courts had its beginnings in 1939. It was one of the first...
From SilverBills' press release:
Silverbills will begin its first partnership with a public housing authority in Yonkers, N.Y., where it will offer bill management services to the authority's elderly residents.
The Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers will encourage...
From the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh's website:
It’s a cold Saturday morning in February as Barbara Coffee, Community Program Liaison at the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP), opens the door to the Bedford EnVision Center in the Hill District. Soon after, tax...
From the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority's press release:
The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Board of Commissioners has approved the creation of a new nonprofit organization that will serve as a public charity to help CMHA achieve its philanthropic goals.
“The board’s...
From the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority's press release:
AmeriCorps has selected the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) as a new AmeriCorps VISTA (or Volunteers in Service to America) program partner to help combat poverty across Franklin County and offer job-training and...
In February 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced the appointment of CLPHA Board Member Dr. Karen DuBois-Walton, President of Elm City Communities (the Housing Authority of New Haven), to serve as chairperson of the Connecticut State Board of Education. Dr. DuBois-Walton has served as a...