CLPHA Press Room

From FOX 9:

More than a dozen families who have recently experienced homelessness now have a new place to call home.

Tuesday, the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority celebrated the grand opening of Minnehaha Townhomes. The 16 units are the first public housing the city has built since 2010.

City leaders say the two and three-bedroom options are located close to the light rail and Minnehaha Park and are available for families who were previously in homeless shelters.

Read FOX 9's article "Minneapolis opens new public housing for the first time since 2010," featuring the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority.

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 Housing Authority of New Haven (HANH). The two agencies put the idea on display at an open house along with a GoFundMe campaign to help renovate the building and fill 19 apartments with families on the road to independence.

Read the New Haven Independent's article "Housing Idea Pitched-With 192 Windows," featuring Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of New Haven.

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 health sciences.

Yaleija shared her story Tuesday afternoon at the Housing Authority of New Haven’s (HANH) 360 Orange St. headquarters.

There, after their regular meeting, the HANH Board of Commissioners and CEO Karen DuBois-Walton took great pride in unfolding their sixth annual ceremony in which Elm City Communities (another name for HANH) celebrated all the kids living in developments throughout the city who have just graduated from high school.

Each year since 2013, HANH staff has reached out to high school seniors to congratulate them and to invite them to a ceremony to acknowledge their achievement and to help them with their next steps at a higher learning institution, the military and/or entering the workforce.

Read the New Haven Independent's article"HANH Hails Her Graduates," featuring Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of New Haven.

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 project will restore six historic buildings, some dating back to the 1860s, and create 101 supportive housing units for veterans and their families who are either homeless or at risk of being homeless.

The donation was announced by NCHM Chair Wendy Burke at its first-ever Veterans for Housing Initiative (VHI) Summit held in Washington, D.C. last week. The VHI is an effort to attract, train and welcome veterans of the U.S. military to careers in the housing industry.

“With our mission to professionalize the housing industry, we are extremely aware that many veterans lack quality, affordable housing themselves,” said Ms. Burke. “The Save the Soldiers Home campaign is the perfect fit for us to demonstrate our commitment to this important cause.”

The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee and the Alexander Company of Madison are leading the project. In addition, The Alexander Company is serving as the project developer and architect.

Read UrbanMilwaukee's article "NCHM Donates $100,000 to Save the Soldiers Home Project," featuring the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee.

From LOCAL 12/WKRC-TV:

Upgrades are coming to the region’s largest affordable housing provider. Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority or CMHA says it’s starting to address more than $190 million in much-needed improvements. This will impact the lives of families in our spotlight on childhood poverty a Cincinnati Crisis.

Julian Williams showed us around his new place. “Not everything is where it needs to be. Yeah a great many things that are still packed,” Williams said.

Williams, his wife and two teenagers moved out of their Sutter View apartment into a temporary one – because their place is on the renovation list. The new Sutter View complex will have 100 nice units undergo a facelift at the cost of $14 million.

CMHA said this is just the start of a $190 million renovation paid for by the rental assistance demonstration, or RAD, program

“It’s not just bricks and sticks, we are going to make the properties nicer and some of the capital improvements is how are we helping to improve and change people’s lives through bricks and sticks,” said CMHA President Greg Johnson.

Read LOCAL 12/WKRC-TV's article "Housing authority investing $190 million in much-needed improvements," featuring the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority.