Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Awarded HUD Family Self-Sufficiency Program Grant
3.10.21
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Atlanta Housing Facilitates Discussion on the History and Intersection of Race and Affordable Housing
3.10.21
Angie Nguyen appointed first woman, person of color, to lead Fresno Housing Authority
3.10.21
From the Fresno Bee:
Members of the board of commissioners of the Housing Authorities of the City and County of Fresno named Angie Nguyen interim CEO during a special meeting on Thursday, nine days after they failed to fill the position at a regularly scheduled February meeting.
New York City Housing Authority Receives Green Light for Implementation of Transformation Plan
3.10.21
From the New York City Housing Authority’s press release:
About 1,300 Norfolk residents get vaccinated at clinic in Calvert Square neighborhood (Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority)
3.10.21
From WAVY News Norfolk:
There was a continuous flow of people heading into the community building in the Calvert Square neighborhood of Norfolk Sunday.
All of them were waiting patiently to get their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
“It feels good to get the first one out the way,” said Norfolk resident, Jerry Broadnax.
Dr. Cynthia Romero, the Director of the M. Foscue Brock Institute for Community and Global Health at EVMS, was helping out.
Yakima veterans housing project on schedule for summer completion (Yakima Housing Authority)
3.10.21
From the Yakima Herald:
Construction of the Chuck Austin Place — a veterans housing project and service hub in Yakima — is on track for summer completion.
Apartments have been built and work continues to transform an old armory into additional housing and a center where medical, dental, behavioral health and other services will be provided. In all, 41 units will be built.
Former foster kids now have a place to call home in Columbus (Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority)
3.10.21
From ABC 6 Columbus:
18-year-old, Ka’Marr Smith has traveled a tough road. After the death of his mother, he bounced around between family members.
Smith found himself getting into trouble and acting out, which lead him down an even darker path.
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A professor then pointed Smith in the direction of the Columbus Scholar House for Former Foster Youth.
CMHA partners with Charter Communications to provide Spectrum Internet to residents in 19 properties (Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority)
3.10.21
From Cleveland.com:
Charter communications is teaming up with the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority partner to bring high-speed internet to residents living in 19 of its properties in the effort to stop the digital divide.
On Feb. 22., Charter communications announced the partnership with CMHA, where thousands of residents will be provided with high-speed broadband internet to bridge the gap.
Amid housing crunch, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority to increase vouchers by 1,000
3.10.21
From The Columbus Dispatch:
The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority plans to issue an additional 1,000 housing vouchers over the next year, while 24,000 remain on its wait list for federally subsidized housing.
The housing authority has already issued 12,500 housing vouchers, but the need is much more, as the waiting list shows and housing advocates push for more affordable housing in central Ohio.
HACEP completes second round of COVID-19 vaccinations to more than 800 of its residents
3.10.21
From the El Paso Herald-Post:
The Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (HACEP), in collaboration with University Medical Center (UMC), Amistad, El Paso County Coliseum, El Paso County and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego, distributed vaccines to more than 800 elderly residents on Friday, February 26.’