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Housing Authority of Baltimore City helps residents in Brooklyn Homes get vaccinated

4.7.21

From WMAR Baltimore:

Dozens of people in Baltimore got vaccinated on Friday as the Housing Authority of Baltimore City brought the vaccine to Brooklyn Homes.

They held a clinic for seniors and the disabled. The clinic is the latest in a series to bring vaccinations to housing authority properties.

Organizers say doing so has helped overcome vaccine hesitancy.

New NYC Affordable Housing Must Come With Internet Service, City Says (NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development)

4.7.21

From Next City:

During the presidential campaign last summer, Joe Biden released a “Plan for Rural America” calling for an investment of $20 billion to expand broadband internet access in rural communities, where, the plan noted, residents are 10 times more likely than urbanites to live without a high-speed internet connection. But even in America’s biggest cities, broadband access is not universal. Nor is it equitably distributed.

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City of LA looks into buying enough buildings to preserve 10,000 units of affordable housing (Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles)

4.7.21

From the Los Angeles Daily News:

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to have the city take steps to expand its program of purchasing affordable housing buildings to prevent rent increases and keep low-income individuals and families housed throughout the city.

The motion passed with 14 yes votes and one council member absent.

CLPHA Member Brian Gage Testifies Before House Subcommittee in Hearing on Public Housing and the COVID-19 Pandemic

3.26.21

On Wednesday, March 24, CLPHA member Brian Gage, executive director of the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance during their hearing "Preserving a Lifeline: Examining Public Housing in a Pandemic."

Read Mr. Gage's testimony for the hearing here.

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