Members Making News

City Votes to Fund Opportunity Home San Antonio, Investing in Public Housing Infrastructure

9.26.23

From Opportunity Home San Antonio's press release:

The San Antonio City Council voted today to support Opportunity Home San Antonio through an Accessibility and Modernization fund as part of the FY 2024 Annual Operating and Capital Budget. The purpose of the fund is to address the pressing capital needs including repairing, rehabilitating and modernizing housing units operated by Opportunity Home, particularly those occupied in family and elderly communities.

West Denver housing policy leaders celebrate pilot program's first accessory dwelling unit (Denver Housing Authority)

9.26.23

From ABC 7 Denver:

Denver housing authority leaders celebrated Friday the completion of their pilot program's first accessory dwelling unit, aimed at providing more affordable housing in the west part of town.

An accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, is a self-contained living space that is an extension of a pre-existing property. In 2021, the Denver Housing Authority and West Denver Renaissance Collaborative (WDRC) launched an ADU Pilot Program.

Housing Authority of the City of Austin and CommUnityCare and Open New Chalmers Courts Health Center in East Austin

9.13.23

From the Housing Authority of the City of Austin's press release:

The Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) and CommUnityCare Health Centers celebrated the grand opening of the CommUnityCare Chalmers Courts Health Center, a federally designated community health center adjacent to Pathways at Chalmers Courts East apartment community, a recently redeveloped HACA property serving low-income families in East Austin.

Closing the Digital Divide — Together: AARP Spotlights 2022 AARP Community Challenge Recipient Jersey City HA's Senior Digital Literacy Program

9.13.23

From AARP:

Most of the older residents of Hudson Gardens, a housing complex in Jersey City, New Jersey, are digitally disconnected. So, when the Jersey City Housing Authority received a 2022 AARP Community Challenge grant to address this digital divide, just getting the word out to the residents was a challenge. 

Your life expectancy could be directly related to your zip code. This mobile unit could help (Greensboro HA)

9.13.23

From WFMY News 2 Greensboro:

Made possible by a $3.7 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, this mobile unit will serve six counties in the Triad – Alamance, Caswell, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham.

From rural to urban communities, the focus is to get healthcare to those who need it most for UNC Greensboro and Cone Health. 

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