CLPHA Press Room

From the San Diego Housing Commission's newsletter:

Representatives from HUD, including Regional Administrator Christopher Patterson, were in San Diego on December 18, to receive an update on the San Diego EnVision Center, a partnership between HUD, the City of San Diego, SDHC, and the San Diego Workforce Partnership.

During the meeting, we discussed how the Envision Center allows SDHC to work in partnership with HUD and community partners to expand the programs currently offered at the SDHC Achievement Academy to more San Diegans, providing opportunities for more families to become financially self-reliant.

Read SDHC's newsletter.

From ABC 10 News San Diego:

Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced today that the San Diego Housing Commission will receive nearly $4 million in federal funding to help homeless military veterans find housing.

The Housing Commission will receive a nearly $3.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program.

Read ABC 10 News San Diego's article "$3.7 million awarded to Housing Commission to house military veterans," featuring the San Diego Housing Commission.

From NBC Bay Area:

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Friday that it's providing $2.8 million in tenant protection vouchers to public housing residents in Oakland.

HUD officials said the vouchers will help families with relocation or replacement housing from demolition or mandatory conversion of their public housing units.

In addition, they said the vouchers will provide assistance to families living in Section 8 projects for which the owner is opting out of the housing assistance payment contract.

HUD officials said the housing vouchers are awarded to public housing authorities such as the Oakland Housing Authority for relocation and replacements in connection with a HUD-approved plan to demolish or dispose of public housing developments.

Read NBC Bay Area's article "Housing Authority Gets $2.8M in Tenant Protection Vouchers," featuring the Oakland Housing Authority.

From Multi-Housing News:

New York State’s first LGBT-friendly affordable elder housing featuring 145 units has opened in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Dubbed Stonewall House to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan that spurred the beginning of the national movement for LGBT rights, the community is the largest project of its kind in the U.S. and dates back to 2016 when planning began for the project then known as Ingersoll Senior Residences.

The 17-story building at 112 St. Edwards St. will provide affordable housing for households who earn 50 percent or less of the Area Median Income (AMI) and include at least one person who is 62 years of age or older. The building has 54 studio and 91 one-bedroom apartments, with 25 percent of the units set aside for people who were previously homeless. While New York’s housing affordability crisis affects households of all backgrounds and demographics, older LGBT people often face housing discrimination and harassment. They are also less likely to have children or family members who can help them as they age.

The opening of Stonewall House was celebrated Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), BFC Partners, SAGE, New York City Housing Development Corp. (HDC) and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), which are all partners in the development. The building is part of NYCHA’s 100 percent Affordable Housing program, supporting Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Housing New York 2.0 plan. The first project to be completed under NextGen NYCHA, it will help NYCHA meet its goal of providing 10,000 new affordable housing units over the next decade.

Read Multi-Housing News' article "LGBT Affordable Senior Housing Opens in Brooklyn" featuring the New York City Housing Authority and the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development.

From the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles' newsletter:

A joint program with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) was announced on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 as a part of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s monthly press briefing at the Unified Homelessness Response Center. HACLA CEO Doug Guthrie joined with partners to discuss the expansion of a pilot program in conjunction with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Superintendent Austin Beutner, L.A. Family Housing, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), and the City of Los Angeles. Initially announced earlier this year, as students headed back for the new schoolyear, the pilot is set to provide 50 vouchers to families in the Northeast San Fernando Valley for rental subsidies out of HACLA’s Section 8 Homeless Initiative.

Read "HACLA Expands Partnership with LAUSD to Provide Section 8 Vouchers to Homeless Families" in HACLA's newsletter.