9.21.21
From KGW8:
A Vancouver Howard Johnson hotel is being turned into a homeless shelter. The bulk of the construction work began last month, to turn the shuttered hotel into a homeless shelter near the Vancouver mall.
9.21.21
From KPBS San Diego:
Households looking for affordable housing in San Diego can find information about locations — such as their proximity to transit and schools — on a new online tool the San Diego Housing Commission launched Monday.
The Affordable Housing Dashboard includes a map searchable by ZIP Code and property-specific information, as well as a high-level overview about...
9.21.21
From the Port City Daily:
After serving the the Wilmington Housing Authority since 2014, Katrina Redmon announced Aug. 4 she would resign as CEO effective Sept. 20, 2021. The authority’s board of commissioners announced Thursday it would appoint G. Vernice Hamilton as acting CEO upon Redmon’s departure.
9.14.21
Yesterday HUD announced awards totaling $10 million to 55 public housing authorities for emergency safety and security improvement grants. Six CLPHA members were among those PHAs awarded grants: New York City Housing Authority, Seattle Housing Authority, Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, and the...
9.9.21
Home Forward Executive Director Michael Buonocore recently announced his intention to resign from the housing authority effective February 2022 in order to focus on creative pursuits, including book writing and podcasting.
9.8.21
From the District of Columbia Housing Authority’s press release:
9.8.21
From the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority’s press release:
9.8.21
From Patch.com:
King County has launched a program aimed to house more homeless veterans, using a new partnership between the King County Housing Authority and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
9.7.21
From the Los Angeles Sentinel:
9.7.21
From WAVY 10 News:
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new eviction moratorium that would last until Oct. 3.
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That includes Norfolk, where Nealy Gihan works with the Norfolk Redevelopment Housing Authority.
They help folks in Section 8 housing through their housing choice voucher program.
9.7.21
From the Kitsap Sun:
The first time Monica Bernhard walked into one of Pendleton Place’s unfinished apartments, she started crying.
“They have room numbers already written above them, and I just try to imagine who that person's going to be, that we're bringing in from the outside and finally giving them an opportunity for housing,” Bernhard, Kitsap Mental Health Services chief...
9.7.21
From the Chicago-Sun Times:
Eighteen-year-old triplets Javier, Gerald Jr. and Miles Lumpkins are days away from heading to college — the first generation in their families to do so.
On Wednesday, their journey was made a little easier when, along with more than 170 other students at the Charles Hayes Center at 4859 S. Wabash, they took part in the Chicago Housing Authority’s annual...
9.7.21
From ABC 13 Toledo:
In late June, the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority opened up their waitlist for affordable housing that had been closed since February of 2020. They received nearly 3000 applications.
9.7.21
From CBS 13 Baltimore:
Baltimore City officials held an event at Gilmor Homes on Thursday to sign up residents in Housing Authority of Baltimore City units for free broadband internet and to distribute computers and devices for access.
The internet service is part of a federal program, Emergency Broadband Benefit, created to help low-income Americans stay connected during the COVID...
9.7.21
From WKRC 12 Cincinnati:
A nine-story apartment building that provides hundreds of affordable housing units is getting a major facelift. The Pinecrest building in Price Hill hadn't been updated since the '70s.
The work is part of a $1-billion transformation project through the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority. CMHA is using tax credits to get the work done without raising...
9.7.21
Housing Authority of Snohomish County Executive Director Duane Leonard wrote the following letter to Washington State's The Daily Herald addressing news coverage of HASCO's Whispering Pines redevelopment:
The Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASCO) is writing to add our voice to the recent coverage of the Whispering Pines redevelopment (“Whispering Pines residents ‘...
9.7.21
From the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority's press release:
The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority is pleased to announce a new initiative with Cincinnati Bell that will deliver high-speed Internet to over 1,200 family members in six CMHA properties.
9.7.21
Lucas Metropolitan Housing and Toledo Lucas County Health Department officials appeared on a WTOL 11 Toledo news segment to share information on getting the COVID-19 vaccine. You can watch the news segment here.
9.7.21
From the Boston Housing Authority's website:
9.7.21
From the City of Boston's press release:
Mayor Kim Janey, South Boston Neighborhood Development Corporation, Caritas Communities and the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) celebrated the grand opening of the O'Connor Way Senior Housing Development today in South Boston. The project has brought 46 one-bedroom units of affordable housing to South Boston using formerly vacant Boston Housing...
9.7.21
Janet Abrahams, executive director of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City and Angela Cameron, HABC vice president joined WEAA Baltimore Radio's Two Way Talk to discuss a new campaign with their local United Way that will help renters who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic via Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA funds).
You can listen to the radio segment...
9.7.21
From the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs' press release:
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) today highlighted that it has reached the milestone of disbursing more than $200 million in federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) funds throughout the state. More than $232 million in rental relief has been distributed to nearly 26,000 households to date as...
