CLPHA Press Room

From the New York City Housing Authority's NYCHANOW  newsletter:

To improve the way it manages wide-scale incidents, NYCHA’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) launched a six-month pilot program based on NYC’s Incident Command System, which employs on-call field coordinators to coordinate efforts and communications between responding agencies. “It has been an effective emergency response model for the city,” said Rudy Murillo, Director of NYCHA’s OEM. “Ours will of course focus on the specific needs of our residents and properties.”

NYCHA OEM created 12 field coordinator positions who, according to an established protocol, respond to events that impact an entire development or that involve a multiagency response, such as a power failure impacting a NYCHA development.

Field coordinators assist the incident manager, who could be, depending on the time or scale of the event, the property manager, an ESD administrator, or a police officer, firefighter, or NYC Emergency Management official. They may be asked to assist on scene in multiple ways, such as with traffic control; helping property management knock on doors, hand out flyers, or make phone calls; and tracking resource requests. Their most important function, however, is to maintain clear communications between responders, NYCHA staff, and residents.

Read "Clear Channels, Safe Residents: Pilot Program Coordinates Incident Response," in the NYCHANOW newsletter.

From MyCentralJersey.com:

A groundbreaking was held for an affordable housing facility earmarked for residents 62 and over.  

Rev. James F. Checchio, Bishop of Metuchen, and Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, were joined Feb. 25 by civic and community leaders at the groundbreaking for St. Paul the Apostle Senior Residence, according to a release.  

The 42,788-square-foot facility, located at 635 Amboy Ave., will provide 42 affordable housing units and is expected to open in the fall, John Westervelt, president of Domus Corp., who served as emcee at the groundbreaking, said in the release.

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Every good project starts with a strong partnership, which included Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Federal Home Loan Bank, TD Bank, Enterprise Housing Credit Investors, LLC, and Community Preservation Corporation, he said. 

Read MyCentral Jersey.com's article "Groundbreaking for affordable housing community for seniors held in Edison," featuring the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.

From the Minnesota Reformer:

The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority will sell 717 of its housing units to a non-profit organization it created and runs called Community Housing Resources — one of the largest transactions of its kind in the country.

MPHA’s Board of Commissioners approved the sale — at $1 per property — at its meeting Wednesday. And then the same people, who make up the nonprofit’s board of directors, approved the purchase.

The board is selling these units to itself for essentially no money.

People who live in these units won’t be displaced and they won’t see their monthly costs go up, according to the MPHA, but the board estimates this bit of bureaucratic gimmickry will bring in an additional $3 million in federal funding annually.

“It’s going to allow us over the next five years to do a comprehensive rehabilitation of these houses all across the city,” said Jeff Horwich, a spokesman for the agency.

Read the Minnesota Reformer's article "Why Minneapolis’ housing authority is selling 717 homes to itself," featuring the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority.

From the Toledo Blade:

A modest two-story house with sand-colored siding and dark green shutters will soon be home to three young men who are either aging out of foster care or exiting the Lucas County Juvenile Justice Center.

It’s the first of what Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority President and CEO Demetria Simpson and juvenile court Judge Denise Navarre Cubbon hope will be many rental homes geared toward helping young adults find their footing as they navigate living independently for the first time.

Representatives from LMHA, its nonprofit affiliate Lucas Housing Services Corporation, Lucas County Juvenile Court, Toledo City Council, and U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s office celebrated on Monday with a ribbon cutting at the Nebraska Avenue home, marking the start of a pilot program called Bridge to Independence and Success.

The goal is to give Lucas County young adults who are 18-21 and aging out of foster care or leaving the criminal justice system the stability and guidance they need to forge successful adult lives. 

Read the Toledo Blade's article "Housing authority to pilot supportive housing geared toward young adults," featuring the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority.

From the Los Angeles County Development Authority's press release:

The Los Angeles County Development Authority’s (LACDA) Public Housing Program received a High Performer designation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the 10th year in a row, under HUD’s Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS). The PHAS is an in-depth evaluation of a Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) performance including the physical condition of properties, financial health, management systems, and the effectiveness of its modernization Capital Fund Program. The LACDA received a top rating in each category, with a total score of 98 out of 100, the highest score in its history! The LACDA’s Public Housing Program, with 2,962 units located at 63 properties throughout the County of Los Angeles, is the second largest PHA in Southern California.

Read LACDA's press release.