Starry Celebrates Expansion of Its Affordable Internet Service to HACLA’s Avalon Gardens
2.23.22
From Starry, Inc.'s press release:
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Join the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities’ Series on EITC Outreach!
2.23.22
When: March 3 and every 2 weeks
Time: 1:00 PM ET/ 12:00 PM CT/ 11:00 AM MT/ 10:00 AM PT.
Register for the National Summer Learning Assocation’s Professional Summer Learning Community Meeting for Public Housing Leaders!
2.23.22
March 10 | 1:00 p.m. ET
Boston invests more than $12m in digital equity and inclusion (Boston Housing Authority)
2.9.22
From SmartCitiesWorld:
Boston is investing more than $12m to bring digital equity and inclusion to nearly 23,000 Boston public housing residents, library users, and school-age families.
The new funding will provide free access to wireless broadband service and devices to help public housing seniors and residents get online and will also provide Chromebook laptops to Boston Public School (BPS) students.
Cambridge Housing Authority adds low-cost Internet option for residents
2.9.22
From the Boston Globe:
Boston wireless Internet service provider Starry struck a deal with the Cambridge Housing Authority to offer broadband connections to thousands of apartments in the city.
Under the deal announced on Thursday, Starry will provide $15-per-month Internet service to residents of more than 2,630 units. But the residents won’t have to pay even that price, as the cost of the service is eligible to be covered entirely by the federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program.
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Appoints CLPHA Board Member Karen Dubois-Walton as Chairperson of the Connecticut State Board of Education
2.9.22
DATE CHANGE: Housing Is Webinar: Evaluation and Metrics, Lessons Learned from Promise and Choice Neighborhoods
2.3.22
February 22 | 2:00 p.m. ET
Join Part 2 of Housing Is and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading's "Housing as a Platform" Webinar Series
2.3.22
February 16 | 2:00 p.m. ET
Join us for the second of a four-part webinar series co-hosted by CLPHA and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
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A Fruitful Endeavor: Farms at NYCHA
1.26.22
From The NYCHA Journal:
In 2021, NYCHA farms produced 22,000 pounds of organic fresh vegetables, greens, and herbs. There are currently seven farms on the Authority’s open spaces. The inaugural farm at Red Hook Houses was launched in 2013. The other six farms are located at Wagner Houses, Howard Houses, Bay View Houses, Forest Houses, Mariners Harbor Houses, and Pink Houses.
Boston putting $40M toward affordable housing projects (Boston Housing Authority)
1.26.22
From the Boston Herald:
Boston’s kicking in $40 million to create 718 new housing units, Mayor Michelle Wu announced.
“Housing is health,” Wu said in a press conference on Tuesday. “It is opportunity and safety and stability and a monthly foundation for our recovery from this pandemic.”
In total, this $40 million is for 718 units, with nearly all of them to be newly created across 14 projects. One smaller grant is for preserving some senior housing.