Braiding and Blending Budgets: Innovations in Cross-Sector Policy
12.5.19
Policymakers at the state and federal level have been testing ways to recognize the interconnectedness of health and housing outcomes.
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Membership Spotlight: Denver Housing Authority
12.4.19
CLPHA’s Membership Spotlight features the outstanding work and achievements of our member public housing authorities - the nation’s largest and most innovative PHAs. Based on interviews with PHA executives, these brief profiles spotlight our members’ initiatives to strengthen their communities and improve life outcomes for their residents.
GAO Releases Follow-up Report on HUD’s Inspections Process
Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance Holds Hearing on Health and Housing
Tomorrow: House Committee on Financial Services to Hold Hearing on Health and Safety in HUD Housing
Bringing Free Health Screenings to Community Locations (Trenton Housing Authority)
11.14.19
From Trenton Daily:
Senior housing, barber shops, and houses of worship are just a few of the places Trenton residents can now get free health screenings–along with referrals for cancer screenings and other follow-up care–thanks to a new Trenton Health Team outreach program.
Why Denver Hospitals Are Getting Into The Housing Business (Denver Housing Authority)
10.10.19
From Kaiser Health News:
One patient at Denver Health, the city’s largest safety net hospital, occupied a bed for more than four years — a hospital record of 1,558 days.
Another admitted for a hard-to-treat bacterial infection needed eight weeks of at-home IV antibiotics, but had no home.
A third, with dementia, came to the hospital after being released from the Denver County Jail. His family refused to take him back.
CHA Joins Partners to Celebrate Opening of Pierce House at La Casa Norte (Chicago Housing Authority)
10.10.19
From Lawndale News:
Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) officials joined La Casa Norte, the City of Chicago Department of Housing, local elected officials and members of the community to dedicate Pierce House, which brings 25 units of supportive housing to the Humboldt Park community. The one and two-bedroom apartments are supported by CHA project-based vouchers and will be leased to individuals and families from the CHA waiting list and Chicago’s Coordinated Entry System.
Survey: PHA Addiction and Recovery Services
Chester farm feeds the body and soul of a community (Chester Housing Authority)
9.12.19
From WHYY:
Chester’s Ruth Bennett Community Farm is a vibrant oasis in a desert of dull brick and lifeless concrete.
Tucked below Interstate 95 at the top of a cul-de-sac, the 2-acre farm teems with life: organic produce, wildflowers, and a host of winged insects that flutter between the two.
“This is like a resurrection of life here,” assistant manager Malik Savage said during a recent visit.