Choice Neighborhoods
Housing Authority of Kansas City Healthy Living Community Featured by HUD Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Newsletter
This month, HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) newsletter focused their spotlight on the Housing Authority of Kansas City's Sam Rodgers Place and discussed how HAKC and Kansas City successfully developed and implemented a comprehensive Choice Neighborhoods housing plan that responded to resident needs and culminated in a healthy living community that combined health and wellness with mixed-income housing.
HUD PD&R Spotlights Columbus MHA's Poindexter Village, a Choice Neighborhoods Success Story
From. HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research:
Housing Authority of Baltimore City and McCormack Baron Salazar Announce Closing of Financing for Phase III of Perkins Homes Redevelopment
From the Housing Authority of Baltimore City's press release:
Fort Worth Housing Solutions' Cowan Place welcomes home Stop Six seniors, brings hope for future of neighborhood
From the Fort Worth Report:
Eula Halliburton has been waiting three years for Cowan Place to open, allowing her to return home to her Stop Six neighborhood.
Every day, she would come by the lot that would one day be the location of affordable senior housing. She wondered when she would be able to move in. On Friday, Nov. 10, she was finally able to do just that.
HUD Adds More Funding to FY23 Choice Neighborhood Implementation NOFO
Large park part of Norfolk’s St. Paul’s redevelopment receives federal funding (Norfolk RHA)
From The Virginian-Pilot:
The city of Norfolk has secured its first federal grant to help offset the cost of building a 20-plus acre park in the St. Paul’s neighborhood that will double as a flooding mitigation tool.
Pittsburgh Housing Authority guides Steubenville council on neighborhood planning grant process
From WTO9 News Steubenville:
The Pittsburgh Housing Authority provided pointers to Steubenville City Council on Tuesday regarding the High Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant that council received in January. This is the first phase of grants the city can receive.
The housing authority has plenty of experience, as it’s received the planning grant in the past. Most recently, it is the recipient for the Choice Implementation Grant, which was for $50 million.
5 CLPHA Members Receive $500,000 Each in Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants
Last Friday, HUD announced $7 million in Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants to 14 communities across the country. Each awardee will receive a $500,000 grant to create a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plan to redevelop severely distressed public housing, improve outcomes for residents, and bring new amenities to high-poverty neighborhoods.
Five CLPHA members and their local partners received planning grants: