HACSB Participates in White House Initiative Latino Economic Summit
1.24.23
From the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino's newsletter:
Members Making News
Maria Razo, HACSB Executive Director and CLPHA Board Member, Featured on Local Podcast
1.24.23
From the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino:
Crowded Living Quarters – Not Density Itself – Increases Risk of COVID Hospitalization
1.11.23
Fort Wayne, Goldsboro, New Orleans and DC Housing Authorities Receive Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Planning Grants
1.11.23
CLPHA congratulates our members Fort Wayne Housing Authority, Housing Authority of the City of Goldsboro, Housing Authority of New Orleans, and District of Columbia Housing Authority upon receiving Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) Planning Grants from HUD!
Partnership will Provide Qualifying Akron MHA Public Housing Residents with Free Internet Access
1.10.23
From the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority's press release:
Amazon adds another $150M for affordable housing in Seattle area (Tacoma Housing Authority)
1.10.23
From GeekWire:
Amazon will provide $150 million to build and preserve 1,700 units of affordable housing in Seattle and neighboring cities.
The new funding, announced Monday at a press conference with Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, will go to 10 nonprofit organizations to pay for low-rate loans and grants. It’s part of the company’s $2 billion Amazon Housing Equity Fund to support the increase in affordable homes in the regions of Seattle, Nashville, Tenn., and Arlington, Va.
MetroHealth, DigitalC, Cuyahoga MHA and Dollar Bank Address the Digital Divide
1.10.23
From WTAM Radio Cleveland:
A public-private partnership aimed at bringing digital equity to Cleveland has reached a significant milestone ahead of schedule: Connecting 1,000 households and approximately 2,200 Cleveland residents to low-cost, reliable broadband in MetroHealth’s footprint.
Council approves $44 million in first, ‘transformational’ round of housing bond funding (Opportunity Home San Antonio)
1.10.23
From the San Antonio Report:
San Antonio City Council unanimously approved the city’s first batch of affordable housing bond funding on Thursday.
The $44 million, which includes some money from federal housing programs, will fund 14 projects across the city that will build or rehabilitate an estimated 2,532 housing units over the next five years.
CommonBond Kicks Off St. Paul Affordable Senior Housing (St. Paul Public Housing Agency)
1.10.23
From Multi-Housing News:
CommonBond Communities has broken ground on a 60-unit fully affordable senior housing project, The Lumin, in Saint Paul, Minn. The development team also includes Ryan Cos. as general contractor and Ryan A+E Inc. as civil engineer, while LHB Inc. provided architecture services. Completion is expected in 2023.
Boston Housing Authority residents achieving goals through new mentoring program
1.10.23
From the Boston Herald:
Boston housing officials and city-based nonprofit Economic Mobility Pathways are seeking more participants for a mentoring program aimed at helping low-income Bostonians out of poverty.