Affordable Connectivity Program Pays for Internet Services for Public Housing and Section 8 Residents
5.13.22
Housing IS
CLPHA and PHAs Address Mental Health Care at the National and Community Levels
5.4.22
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month
8th Annual Housing Is Summit Focuses on Health and Housing
Watts Rising striving to improve the lives of residents (Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles)
5.4.22
From Spectrum News 1:
Moses Massenburg can be found every day on the farm where he grows produce and teaches people how to farm.
“Typically, farmers like to beat the heat so I get here at 4 a.m.,” he said.
Massenberg lives in Watts and grows produce in MudTown Farms, a 2.5-acre urban agricultural park in the heart of the Watts. The produce grown at the location is distributed to the Watts’ community.
Nine CLPHA Members and Their Cities Named Finalists for All-America City Awards
5.2.22
CLPHA to Highlight Finalists at Housing Is Summit May 18-19
Money Follows the Person Program: New Resources Available to State Medicaid Programs to Help with Housing People Transitioning Out of Institutional Settings
4.28.22
HUD recently sent the following announcement to PHAs regarding new resources that can help PHAs and State Medicaid Agencies house seniors and persons with disabilities:
Seattle Credit Union to Open Financial Hub at the Salishan Family Investment Center (Tacoma Housing Authority)
4.20.22
From Seattle Credit Union and the Tacoma Housing Authority's press release:
Seattle Credit Union is excited to announce an expansion into Tacoma in the summer of 2022.
The credit union’s mission is to provide financial support and opportunities for communities that are underserved and have been systemically discriminated against. Recognizing a need for financial services outside of King and Snohomish counties, Seattle Credit Union is expanding south to serve the Salishan community of Tacoma.
HUD & HHS Team up for National Mental Health Awareness Month Webinar Series
4.20.22
Wednesdays in May 2022 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
Recent Survey Reports Renters Concerned About Impact of Home on Health
4.20.22
King County Housing Authority's Neighborhood Early Learning Connectors Help KCHA's Youngest Residents Get Ready for School
4.6.22
The King County Housing Authority's Neighborhood Early Learning Connectors program builds bridges and provides support and resources in its public housing communities to hundreds of families with children from birth to 5-years old. In KCHA's new video below, find out more about how thier Early Learning Connectors partner with families via a developmentally appropriate, neighbor-to-neighbor approach to early education that supports the learning and development of young children and ensures they enter school happy, healthy, and ready to thrive.
New community health clinic coming to East Austin affordable housing complex (Housing Authority of the City of Austin)
4.6.22
From CBS Austin:
A new health care option coming to an area of Austin that's been lacking those kinds of services for decades. A new community health center will be opening later this year at the Chalmers Courts in East Austin.
Chalmers Courts had its beginnings in 1939. It was one of the first public housing projects in the entire country.