From LessonBee's press release:
The health education platform LessonBee will introduce its instructional program this summer to Yonkers’ affordable housing residents as part of the Westchester Innovation Network.
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month
8th Annual Housing Is Summit Focuses on Health and Housing
HUD recently sent the following announcement to PHAs regarding new resources that can help PHAs and State Medicaid Agencies house seniors and persons with disabilities:
Wednesdays in May 2022 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
From CBS Austin:
A new health care option coming to an area of Austin that's been lacking those kinds of services for decades. A new community health center will be opening later this year at the Chalmers Courts in East Austin.
Chalmers Courts had its beginnings in 1939. It was one of the first public housing projects in the entire country.
From The NYCHA Journal:
In 2021, NYCHA farms produced 22,000 pounds of organic fresh vegetables, greens, and herbs. There are currently seven farms on the Authority’s open spaces. The inaugural farm at Red Hook Houses was launched in 2013. The other six farms are located at Wagner Houses, Howard Houses, Bay View Houses, Forest Houses, Mariners Harbor Houses, and Pink Houses.
From the Boston Herald:
Boston’s kicking in $40 million to create 718 new housing units, Mayor Michelle Wu announced.
“Housing is health,” Wu said in a press conference on Tuesday. “It is opportunity and safety and stability and a monthly foundation for our recovery from this pandemic.”
In total, this $40 million is for 718 units, with nearly all of them to be newly created across 14 projects. One smaller grant is for preserving some senior housing.