A Cleveland news channel recently featured a story about the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority’s (CMHA) Griot Village, an affordable housing complex intended for grandparents raising grandchildren.
The Housing Authority of Cook County (HACC) held a graduation ceremony for four graduates of HACC’s homeownership program. Since 2010, HACC has helped 67 individuals become homeowners.
HUD and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) recognized the Chicago Housing Authority’s recently-redeveloped Rosenwald Courts community with the 2018 ACHP/HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation.
The Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) and its nonprofit subsidiary the Austin Affordable Housing Corporation announced they have partnered with the Community Development Trust and the Austin Housing Conservancy to purchase the Preserve at Wells Branch, a 308-unit apartment complex located in an area of higher opportunity near Interstate 35 and Wells Branch Parkway.
Rendering of the Housing Authority of Salt Lake City's development plans for the former Capitol Motel.
The Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) and Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) were recognized for their work in addressing homelessness among community college students and other barriers to higher education in a recent article for Inside Higher Ed. THA’s College Housing Assistance Program began in 2014 in response to rising rents in Tacoma and Pierce Counties.
The Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers (MHACY) has finished Phase I of its Schlobohm Houses renovation project. When completed, MHACY will have renovated 411 units across eight buildings at a cost of $300 million with considerable assistance from the RAD program.
The Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) and Tacoma Community College (TCC) have partnered with CWD Investments to subsidize Tacoma’s former Tiki Apartments community for participants of THA and TCC’s College Housing Assistance Program. The 62-unit complex, renamed Highland Flats, will house TCC students experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
Residents of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s Westlawn Gardens neighborhood completed the first urban pilot of the National Council on Aging’s Aging Mastery Program®. The five-week program offers comprehensive health and wellness education for individuals 55 or older to empower them to make small, yet impactful changes to their physical activity, nutrition, sleep, and other aspects of their lives.