CLPHA Press Room

From Multi-Housing News:

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) kicked off construction for the 244-acre, nine-phase, $1 billion redevelopment known as the Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown (PSO) Transformation Plan.

The first phase of the development calls for the construction of a four-story mixed-use building at 1234 McElderry St. Of the project’s 104 units, 84 will be designated as affordable and for lower-income families and the remaining 20 set as market-rate. The first building will also include 2,400 square feet of ground-floor retail and parking, a fitness center, a cyber lounge and two courtyards.

Once completed, the $1 billion PSO redevelopment will include 1,345 housing units on a 244-acre property. The project will also be home to two new parks, a new elementary school, a grocery store and other infrastructure improvements and upgrades.

Read Multi-Housing News' article "$1B Redevelopment Breaks Ground in Baltimore," featuring the Housing Authority of Baltimore City.

From WWAY TV:

Wilmington will soon have more affordable housing options.

Wilmington city leaders broke ground on the Dawson Lofts this morning.

Twenty-four units will be built at the corner of 10th Street and Dawson Street. A two person household must make no more than $46,600 to qualify to live there.

Read WWAY TV's article "More affordable housing under construction in Wilmington," featuring the Wilmington Housing Authority.

From ABC 10 News San Diego:

The San Diego Housing Commission on Monday announced a grand reopening of an apartment complex in Mountain View that is now rebranded as affordable housing.

Numerous upgrades were made to the Town and Country complex on Messina Drive, and the apartments will remain affordable for 55 years, according to the Housing Commission.

"Anytime the Housing Commission has the opportunity to extend the affordability at a development we're happy to do so," said SDHC Vice President of Multifamily Housing Finance Colin Miller. "We added the community center, a BBQ area, and a second playground."

Read ABC 10 News San Diego's article "San Diego Housing Commission rebrands Mountain View apartment complex as affordable housing."

From the Rivard Report:

San Antonio has been selected to participate in a new program aiming to help cities develop strategies to address the challenges of housing affordability.

City officials will participate in the Local Housing Solutions Institute, a five-day program of seminars and consultation on finding policy solutions to mitigate rising housing costs and affordability issues. Also selected for the program, which will be held in September in Montana, were Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia.

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“This honor is the result of ongoing collaboration between the City’s Neighborhood Housing Services Department, the San Antonio Housing Authority, and San Antonio Housing Commission Chair Lourdes Castro Ramírez,” said Nirenberg, who was part of San Antonio’s applicant team.

Read the Rivard Report's article "San Antonio Picked for National Program on Housing Affordability Solutions," featuring the San Antonio Housing Authority. 

From the Toledo Blade:

The dreaded summer vacation reading list has gained little popularity among schoolchildren over the years, and for some, just getting hands on a book can be a challenge.

That’s where Books 4 Buddies comes in. The non-profit organization, started in 2012, focuses on providing books to disadvantaged youths, especially young men because they are considered mostly likely to be non-readers. 

Books 4 Buddies is represented by a diverse group of young men who are called book ambassadors. The organization believes that young men are the best tool when it comes to reaching other children. Since 2012, these young men have held book drives at high schools such as Ottawa Hills and Perrysburg. This is how the organization gains books as well as donations from varies companies. 

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Among organizations staffing tables at the block party were the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Public Schools, and the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity’s graduate chapter for northern Ohio, which included brothers from Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo.

At their tables, they gave out free books or offered arts-and-crafts activities for neighborhood children. About halfway through the event, children gathered around for a book reading by brothers of the fraternity’s Alpha Xi Lambda chapter.

The book-themed block party is intended in part to target the “Summer Slide,” which theorizes that summer vacation from school induces a regression in learning proficiency. Colorado Department of Education researchers propose that children in low-income households fall behind, on average, by two months on reading during the summer break — an effect they say is cumulative.

“Because of the social economical status, Bookies 4 Buddies partnered with Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority in order to get kids where they live,” said John Jones, Alpha Phi Alpha’s vice president.

Read the Toledo Blade's article "Books 4 Buddies holds back-to-school party," featuring the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority.