Health
Summary and Notes from CLPHA’s 3/12 COVID-19 Call with CDC Experts
CLPHA to Hold Member Call on COVID-19 Regulatory Relief
ACTION ALERT: HUD PIH Seeking Input for COVID-19 FAQ
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and PHAs
3.5.20
CLPHA is monitoring news coverage about COVID-19. We encourage PHAs to refer to HUD’s COVID-19 webpage and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s website for information and updates about COVID-19, and to contact your state and local health departments for additional guidance.
Vacant Hospitals Help Address Ills Of Limited Affordable Senior Housing (Chicago Housing Authority)
3.5.20
From Forbes:
Once, these edifices were the bulwarks against illness. Today, they're part of the cure for the malaise afflicting housing availability. Nationwide, vacant hospitals, mental institutions and sanitariums are being recast as newly-opened apartment buildings. In communities from Los Angeles to New York City, and from Charlottesville, Va. and Washington, D.C. to Denver, the doors of shuttered healing centers are swinging back open to admit residents.
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Research Roundup – New Reports of Interest to CLPHA Members
3.4.20
Jobs Plus Implementation: This HUD report focuses on the implementation experiences of eight Jobs Plus grantees, and how those PHAs and their partners have structured case management and employment services, providing some insight on best practices for PHAs. The report also covers implementation and recommendations for the earned income disregard as well as strategies for supporting work.
CLPHA Featured at CBPP Health and Housing Symposium in Washington, D.C.
2.6.20
Last week, CLPHA was invited to present at a half-day symposium on health and housing hosted by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C.
Denver Health to provide housing for patients (Denver Housing Authority)
2.5.20
From FOX 31 Denver:
Denver Health Medical Center is about to try something that just a few hospitals in the entire country are doing.
It doesn't have anything to do with new technology or a new procedure.
Instead, the hospital is about to offer some of its most vulnerable patients housing.
"It’s really exciting to be part of a new way of thinking to try to help our patients," said Dr. Sarah Stella, a Denver Health hospitalist.
Kaiser Permanente purchasing site at Yesler (Seattle Housing Authority)
1.22.20
From the Seattle Housing Authority's press release:
The Seattle Housing Authority and Kaiser Permanente have announced that Kaiser Permanente is purchasing 1.6 acres in the Yesler neighborhood. The property is located in the northwest area of Yesler and is bordered by Alder St. and 9th Avenue. Kaiser Permanente is planning a state-of-the-art specialty care facility on the site, a use that is closely in keeping with a community-led master plan for Yesler redevelopment.