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Services and subsidized housing for young adults coming through Bremerton HA project

2.5.24

From the Kitsap Sun:

A Warren Avenue property near downtown Bremerton, across from Kitsap Community Resources' home and once the site of three abandoned houses and a small commercial building, is now the site of an apartment building soon to become a Bremerton Housing Authority-owned housing option for disadvantaged young people.

Opportunity Home San Antonio Affiliate Secures Grant for Development Near South Texas Medical Center

2.5.24

From Opportunity Home San Antonio's press release:

The San Antonio Housing Facility Corporation, an Opportunity Home affiliate, was awarded a $50,000 grant from the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation, a fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, to ensure completion of the Snowden Senior Apartments project by January 2025.

Cambridge HA Work Force program helps high school students in public housing learn key life skills

1.30.24

From WBZ News Cambridge:

The Cambridge Housing Authority has a unique program for teens in Cambridge Public Housing where they address specific educational issues.

"Being the first in their family to graduate high school, to go to college. So we started saying, 'How can we get them through high school?'" said Deputy Director of Resident Services at Cambridge Housing Authority Kambiz Maali.

Yonkers Housing Authority CEO Wilson Kimball Elected New Executive Director of New York State Housing Advocacy Group

1.30.24

From the Yonkers Times:

Yonkers Housing Authority President and CEO Wilson Kimball has been named as Executive Director of the New York State Public Housing Authority Directors Association (NYSPHADA). NYSPHADA is New York State’s leading organization in providing information to New York State Housing Authorities by providing networking opportunities through communication, training and education.

Looking Back on Roy Johnson's Vancouver Housing Authority Accomplishments upon His Retirement

1.30.24

From the Vancouver Housing Authority:

When Roy Johnson became Vancouver Housing Authority’s leader in February of 2008, the Clark County (and national) housing landscape looked vastly different than it does today. So much has changed. So much has been built and funded and created in the last 16 years. Not to mention, housing has gotten a lot more expensive, making the agency’s work even more crucial.

Johnson learned to be a persistent advocate for building more affordable housing.

“If not for us, it might not get done so we have to do it,” he said.

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