CLPHA Press Room

From the Boston Business Journal:

Starry, a Boston-based startup internet service provider, has partnered with Denver Housing Authority to offer broadband internet to affordable and public housing residents.

Denver is just the second city to get Starry’s low-cost internet, following a pilot program in Boston. The pilot program launched in 2016.

“Starry has a simple mission: We think connecting people and providing broadband is good business,” said Starry CEO and co-founder Chet Kanojia.

He added that Starry believes that providing affordable internet means access to better education for children and more job opportunities for people.

“We are a bleeding edge, leading edge tech company,” Kanojia said. “You’re not getting leftover scraps.”

While Starry’s full-paid service is $50 a month for internet speeds of 200 mbps, Starry’s lower-priced service is meant to provide affordable high-speed internet broadband without having to jump through a lot of hoops. Rather than needing to go through additional credit or background checks, anyone who qualifies to live in one of the DHA buildings that has Starry Connect qualifies for the service.

Read the Boston Business Journal's article "Denver becomes 2nd city to get Boston-based ISP's internet package," featuring the Denver Housing Authority.

From The Columbus Dispatch:

The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority is negotiating with affordable housing developers and operators to acquire two complexes: Thornwood Commons, an 86-unit complex of townhouses and garden-style flats on the North Side near Interstate 71 and East 5th Avenue, and Kenmore Square, a 56-unit complex of town homes between Cleveland and Joyce avenues. Federal officials must approve the transfer,

The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority is asking federal officials for approval to dispose of two complexes with a total of 142 units.

Thornwood Commons, an 86-unit complex of townhouses and garden-style flats on the North Side near Interstate 71 and East 5th Avenue, and Kenmore Square, a 56-unit complex of townhomes between Cleveland and Joyce avenues, are proposed to go.

The authority is negotiating with affordable housing developers and operators to acquire the units, said Tom Williamson, the housing authority’s chief financial officer. The authority has been in the process of transitioning away from owning properties to providing housing vouchers to income-eligible people.

Read The Columbus Dispatch's article "Housing authority seeks to transfer two complexes," featuring the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority.

From Lawndale News:

Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) officials joined La Casa Norte, the City of Chicago Department of Housing, local elected officials and members of the community to dedicate Pierce House, which brings 25 units of supportive housing to the Humboldt Park community. The one and two-bedroom apartments are supported by CHA project-based vouchers and will be leased to individuals and families from the CHA waiting list and Chicago’s Coordinated Entry System.

Read Lawndale News' article "CHA Joins Partners to Celebrate Opening of Pierce House at La Casa Norte," featuring the Chicago Housing Authority.

From the Chicago Defender:

Chicago Housing Authority officials today joined Evergreen Real Estate Group, the City of Chicago Department of Housing and the community to celebrate the opening of Independence Apartments, a mixed-income apartment building that brings affordable housing for seniors to the Northwest Side.

The apartment building at 4022 N. Elston Avenue provides 30 CHA apartments for renters from the CHA waiting list and 14 apartments at affordable rents and combines quality housing for seniors with a new Chicago Public Library (CPL) Independence Branch library that serves building residents and the entire community.

“It is extremely gratifying to see how our efforts to create new housing opportunities and community amenities are so well received,” said CHA Chief Development Officer Ann McKenzie. “We knew from the outset of this project that this innovative co-located development would have an important impact – not just on the seniors who will benefit from the new housing, but also the neighbors who use the library.”

Read the Chicago Defender's article "Chicago Housing Authority joins partners to celebrate opening of Independence Apts." 

From the Akron Beacon Journal:

Tanzania Johnson joined the U.S. Air Force to get out of Akron and start a new beginning.

She enlisted right after graduating from Akron’s Firestone High School in 2010 and became a military police officer. She was stationed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland until she was honorably discharged in 2014.

While in the service, she gave birth to her daughter, Nakiyah, and they returned to Akron.

“I became a single mother in the military, and they were awesome in helping out, but once you get out, you don’t have the military help out anymore,” she said. “It’s literally just a veteran and her baby trying to figure it out.”

Since then, mother and daughter, now 6, have been staying with family members as Johnson works an array of jobs to get experience and save up money.

They should get a much-needed break, as Johnson is set to be one of four women to live in Summit County’s first housing facility for homeless female veterans and their children, Summit Liberty House.

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Homeless female veterans must have children to stay in Summit Liberty House, as Family and Community Services Executive Director Mark Frisone said there are other facilities for single women. Family and Community Services is working with Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority and the Summit County Continuum of Care to place female veterans in the home.

Read the Akron Beacon Journal's article "Summit County’s first facility for homeless female veterans opens," featuring the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority.