Members Making News

Chicago Housing Authority Distributes 5,000 Coats to Families, Children at 16th Annual Operation Warm

11.7.23

From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:

The Chicago Housing Authority partnered with the national non-profit Operation Warm for the 16th year Saturday at the UIC Forum, handing out 5,000 new winter coats to more than 2,000 families with children living in public housing and participants of the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program.

Chicago Housing Authority Launches New Down Payment Assistance Program to Help Families Achieve Their Dreams of Homeownership

11.7.23

From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:

Samantha Stokes grew up one of four children living under the roof of hard-working parents. Ends didn’t always meet, and she remembers being evicted as a child – something she vowed never to experience as an adult.

Can Miami artists afford to stay local? This Miami-Dade County official is looking for solutions (Miami-Dade Public Housing & Community Development)

11.7.23

From WLRN Miami:

It’s a hard time to be an artist in Miami.

Fewer music venues, like Churchill’s, are around for up-and-coming musicians to practice their craft. Rents for artist studios are like rents for the rest of us — they’re going up.

Wynwood is lost as an artist enclave. The next areas, like Allapattah, are already pricing artists out. The median sale price of a home in Miami-Dade went up more than 70% in the last four years.

HACLA Awarded $3.9M from Clean California Local Grant Program

11.7.23

From the Los Angeles Sentinel:

The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) announced on Oct. 11 that it is the recipient of a $3.9 million Clean California Local Grant Program award.

Caltrans awarded 42 Clean California grants totaling nearly $100 million for local projects throughout the state. HACLA was selected as one of the 42 recipients out of 230 applications received.

Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority Board approves investing nearly $65 million to rehabilitate and preserve affordable housing for seniors, families

11.7.23

From the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority's press release:

The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Board of Commissioners announced today it has approved a combined total of $64.9 million in new investments that will rehabilitate or preserve 242 apartments for seniors and/or Columbus-area families.

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