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From the Metropolitan Council's press release:
With affordable housing in short supply in the Twin Cities region, the Metropolitan Council has approved $8 million in grant awards to 10 affordable housing developments. The grants will fill project funding gaps and help create 557 new affordable...
From Clark County Today:
Evergreen Habitat for Humanity is launching a new Habitat Home Trust focused on preserving affordable housing stock in Clark County through permanent affordability. The first 50 homes in the trust include the homes at Habitat’s new Johnson Village subdivision, and homes...
From Public News Service:
A new alliance has formed to address Connecticut's affordable housing crisis, with a focus on its urban centers.
"Growing Together Connecticut" is a multi-year effort to pass housing laws and reforms that confront discriminatory policies, like redlining, that have led to...
Housing Hope to build affordable housing near Edmonds church (Housing Authority of Snohomish County)
From Everett, WA's HeraldNet:
Housing Hope, a nonprofit and affordable housing developer, intends to build 52 apartments on a lot next to Edmonds Lutheran Church. Construction is to start this year.
“This is really executing on our plan to at least compete for and try to start a new project every...
Two long-serving members of CLPHA’s Board of Directors announced resignations from their positions at housing authorities recently. Antonio (Tony) M. Pérez resigned from his role as Secretary-Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), while Rick Gentry also...
From the New Haven Independent:
“Equity” and “excellence” are about to get an update.
Those two words summarized the mission of a five-year plan to guide Connecticut’s schools. The State Board of Education drafted and began undertaking the plan five years ago.
Now the board...
From Clark County Today:
Two affordable housing projects – one nearing completion and one in the planning stages –recently received grants from the Washington State Department of Commerce.
The city of Vancouver received $1,059,085 for Laurel Manor and $161,907 for The Meridian to cover...
From the Mountain View Voice:
A proposal to develop a city parking lot at 444 Bryant St. into affordable housing took a big step forward when the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors recently agreed to loan $9.75 million in county funds toward the project.
The Supervisors voted unanimously to...
From Starry, Inc.'s press release:
Starry, Inc., (the “Company” or “Starry”) a next generation licensed fixed wireless technology developer and internet service provider, today announced it has expanded its affordable, high-capacity internet service to the 164 households at Avalon Gardens, a...
From 303 Magazine:
Denver has changed quite a bit over the past decade. The population is growing at record rates, while affordable housing initiatives on the state level have stayed on the back burner as developers have reeled in on a booming housing market.
“Last year the real estate...