Washington State’s Department of Commerce awarded $3 million to the Vancouver Housing Authority for its Tenny Creek Assisted Living project, a future 40-unit community for individuals experiencing chronic mental illness.
The Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) won a $50,000 Evergreen Options Renewable Energy Project grant from Tacoma Power, which THA will use to build solar panels at the Crisis Residential Center (CRC) at its future Arlington Drive Youth Campus. The CRC will be a 12-bed facility for housing and providing services to homeless youth.
The Seattle Times published a story about the positive impact of the Edward Thomas House, a respite care facility housed within the Seattle Housing Authority’s Jefferson Terrace community.
San Antonio’s Historic Design and Review Commission gave conceptual approval to the San Antonio Housing Authority’s (SAHA) proposed 216-unit mixed income community near the Lavaca neighborhood. The complex will be built on the former site of SAHA’s Victoria Courts community at a cost of $45.6 million.
The City of Sacramento and the Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) received a big boost in the planned $310 million revitalization of its Twin Rivers housing project into a modern, mixed-income community. The California Strategic Growth Council awarded a $23 million grant to the project, most of which will go towards a state-of-the-art light rail station adjacent to the community.
The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) helped 21 low-income families purchase homes in 2018 through HACP’s Homeownership Program. The number of families assisted increased from 16 in 2017.
In a press release, Milwaukee Alderman Cavalier Johnson praised the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee for not only meeting, but exceeding, its hiring goals for its four-year Section 3 Voluntary Compliance Agreement (VCA) with HUD.
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) and Top Dawg Entertainment hosted their 5th Annual Holiday Concert and Toy Drive at HACLA’s Nickerson Gardens community. Artists from Top Dawg’s label including Kendrick Lamar, SchoolBoy Q, and SZA performed for over 7,000 attendees who received free admission by bringing unwrapped toys for the toy drive.
The Fort Worth Business Press ran an article about Fort Worth Housing Solutions marking its 80th anniversary in November 2018, noting that five of FWHS’s mixed-income apartment communities are opening during its anniversary year.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram published an op-ed bylined by Fort Worth Housing Solutions (FWHS) President Mary-Margaret Lemons about its work in partnership with the city and several partners to draft a strategic plan to meet the city’s need for affordable housing. Their shared vision is to have an adequate and diverse supply of housing in viable, mixed-in neighborhoods distributed throughout the city by 2028.