From the Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency's newsletter:
SHRA Executive Director La Shelle Dozier was recently recognized during the California Women Making Herstory Senate floor ceremony. La Shelle is also Senate District 8’s Woman of the Year, nominated by Senator Angelique Ashby.
March has been designated as Women's History Month and each year the California State Legislature encourages Legislators to highlight and honor deserving women for service to their community.
From Ideastream:
Woodridge Local Schools, the city of Cuyahoga Falls and the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA) are partnering to provide free Wi-Fi to residents in public housing.
AMHA Director of Resident Services Christina Hodgkinson said the project began with enabling Wi-Fi in public spaces such as community rooms, offices and libraries. The next step was to enable Wi-Fi within living spaces.
From The Oregonian:
Charles Coleman was living out of his car and paying for a membership at an inexpensive gym to simply access a shower before he was approved for a place at the new Hattie Redmond Apartments in North Portland.
From the San Diego Union Tribune:
The city of San Diego’s first homeless shelter focused on youths who identify as LGBTQ could open sometime this year in one or two interim locations before a permanent site is located.
The San Diego Housing Commission on Thursday selected the LGBT Community Center to run the shelter. The center was recommended by commission staff over Father Joe’s Villages, the Salvation Army and Equitable Social Solutions LLC , which also had applied to run the shelter.
From Bloomberg:
Next to the six-lane highway that bursts westward out of the Holland tunnel, a humble 80-year-old, four-story development is nestled among the sparkling new high-rise condominiums in Jersey City, New Jersey.
18 Members Invited to Accept Stability Voucher Awards
We are pleased to announce that the Housing Authority Birmingham District (HABD) has become a member of CLPHA!
HABD operates over 11,000 combined public housing units and Housing Choice Vouchers. Dontrelle Young-Foster serves as HABD's President & CEO. Learn more about HABD at habd.org.
Please join us in welcoming HABD to CLPHA – we look forward to working together to improve life outcomes for families served by public housing!
From the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's press release:
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today the appointment of new members to the Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council.
From an op ed in The Oklahoman written by Mark Gillett, executive director of the Oklahoma City Housing Authority, and Dan Straughan, Terri White, Jennifer Goodrich:
Our city is on the cusp of an investment that will change the lives and futures of thousands of people. Oklahoma City has over 20,000 families on a waiting list for subsidized housing and as of March 17, 2023, we have 1,339 people experiencing homelessness.
From WCPO 9 Cincinnati:
Ten different buildings housing 15 different units on the east side will get a renovation thanks to a $2 million grant awarded from the Economic Development Initiative to the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, according to CMHA.
CMHA is a public housing agency that provides several programs, including housing choice vouchers and asset management, to help link families to affordable housing options within Cincinnati.
