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In an article for Next City produced by FUSE Corps, a national nonprofit that aims to help urban communities thrive through partnerships with local governments, author Erin O’Donnell spotlights two CLPHA member PHAs’ successful programs that enable residents to become more financially self-reliant...
In the latest issue of Bitterroot, an online weekly magazine covering the politics, culture, economy, and environment of the Western U.S., Editor-in-Chief Jake Bullinger highlights programs at CLPHA member PHAs Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) and Denver Housing Authority (DHA) that address housing...
From the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles's (HACLA) press release:
Forty-six (46) graduating high school seniors living in Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) public housing developments and Section 8 were recently awarded academic scholarships. Students received...
From The News Tribune:
Tacoma’s WorkForce Central and community partners are set to deliver on improving some local household budgets in the next few years through a $1.75 million grant.
The Economic Security for All grant draws funding from the governor’s Workforce Innovation and...
From the New Haven Independent:
The fine red pile of bricks that was once the Ivy Street School might once again help homeless families get back on their feet thanks to a new experiment. If people in New Haven pitch in.
The experiment was hatched by Christian Community Action (CCA) and the...
From the New Haven Independent:
Yaleija Jackson recently had a bad experience with a dentist. When he pulled her tooth, it hurt. A lot.
That has only increased her career aspiration to be a dentist, and a good one. The quest begins with her entering Howard University in the fall majoring in...
NCHM Donates $100,000 to Save the Soldiers Home Project (Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee)
From UrbanMilwaukee:
The National Center for Housing Management (NCHM), a national non-profit organization, has announced a $100,000 grant in support of the Save the Soldiers Home project on the grounds of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center overlooking Miller Park. When completed, the...
After 36 years as a trusted community leader in the core areas of housing, community development, and economic development, the Community Development Commission/Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (CDC/HACoLA) has rebranded as the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA).
The...
On June 28 and 29, youth from the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet up with District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) youth for an educational field trip about Negro League Baseball and African American history and culture.
This exchange...
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
"When she was a little kid, Niesha Chism would sometimes pack a suitcase, heave it over the next-door neighbor’s fence and “run away” from home.
Some two decades later, Chism, now 33, sees her 2-year-old son head in the opposite direction — to the South Chicago...