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Science Museum Oklahoma offering mobile after-school program for low-income students (Oklahoma City Housing Authority)

10.11.22

From KFOR News Oklahoma:

A popular local museum is now offering after-school programming for students living in low-income housing.

Science Museum Oklahoma has entered into a partnership with the Oklahoma City Housing Authority to provide after-school programming for students living in OCHA housing sites.

Delayed low-income apartment complex project launches in Downtown El Paso area (Housing Opportunity Management Enterprises)

10.11.22

From the El Paso Times:

The Downtown El Paso area’s newest apartment project launched Wednesday after overcoming 18 months of delays tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a federal regulatory roadblock.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday for the 80-unit, low-income apartment complex being built at a cost of $17.7 million by the city’s public housing authority, now known as HOME (Housing Opportunity Management Enterprises).

San Diego Housing Commission Receives $7.5 Million Wells Fargo Grant to Increase Homeownership for People of Color

10.11.22

From Wells Fargo's press release:

An expanded effort to help more people of color in the San Diego region become homeowners is launching today with the support of a $7.5 million grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation. The grant was awarded to the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC), part of the San Diego Homeownership Equity Collaborative.

Vista Nueva Community Nearly Finalized, Set to Welcome Families Soon (Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency)

10.11.22

From the Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency's newsletter:

SHRA in partnership with the City of Sacramento, and Jamboree, an Irvine-based affordable housing developer, are working to finalize a permanent supportive housing community in Sacramento that will support formerly homeless families with at least one minor child.

Reimagined Alazan Courts getting new tenant-influenced $150 million redesign

10.11.22

From FOX 29 San Antonio:

After several years of turmoil, progress is being made on the reimagined Alazan Courts on the near Westside.

The Courts have been the subject of discontent from residents who are desperate for better living conditions.

For Pearl Antu, a single mother who has lived at Alazan for five years, help can't come soon enough.

"I have four kids in a two-bedroom right now," she says.

Chicago Senior Experiencing Homelessness Gains Stability, a Fresh Start with Chicago Housing Authority Emergency Housing Voucher

9.28.22

73-year-old Chicago resident Joe Ann Wilson spent nearly two decades in the same apartment, but during the COVID-19 pandemic she was forced to leave her home due to rising rents and subsequently moved between homeless shelters for a year and a half.

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