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In its 40th year of creating housing opportunities for low-income San Diegans, the San Diego Housing Commission (SDHC) is making significant strides in housing individuals experiencing homelessness through its HOUSING FIRST – SAN DIEGO homelessness action plan. Established in 2014, HOUSING FIRST –...
Widely supported bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expand and strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) was reintroduced in the Senate and House earlier this week. The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) of 2019 (S. 1701 and H.R. 3077) is estimated to incentivize the...
From The New York Times:
Cabrini-Green, the Robert Taylor Homes: demolished years ago, Chicago’s most notorious projects continue to haunt the city, conjuring up the troubled legacy of postwar public housing in America.
By the 1970s, Washington wanted out of the public housing business,...
From Next Avenue:
At 16, LeDrue Jackson is busy with his studies and basketball. An honor roll student-athlete, Jackson and his brother Marvez, 14, are coming of age in Pemberton Park in Kansas City, Mo. where they live with their grandmother, Marla Scott, 65. They were among the...
From The Mercury News:
Santa Clara County has proposed an ambitious mixed use plan for east of downtown San Jose, sketching a new vision for offices, homes, and shops.
A new village would sprout on East Santa Clara Street between 14th and 17th streets on the site of the old San...
From Comstock Magazine:
Like many public housing complexes, poverty was common at Dos Rios. The median income of residents who most recently lived at Dos Rios in 2018 was $12,000 a year compared to the median income citywide that is seven times greater. Williams says that reflects the...
From the Charlestown Patriot-Bridge:
Following the blockbuster commitment of $30 million from the City, the developers of the mixed-income Bunker Hill Housing development are ready to start meeting with the community ahead of their official City filings.
Boston Housing Authority (BHA)...
Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority Wins $30 Million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant
On Monday, May 13, HUD awarded the City of Norfolk, VA and the Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority (NRHA) a $30 Million HUD Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) Grant for FY18. Norfolk and NRHA will use the prestigious grant to help redevelop the St. Paul’s Area, the...
From a Sacramento Promise Zone press release:
A cross-section of Sacramento corporate and business leaders announced a formal partnership on April 29th to put words into action by making a $750,000 investment into a long-term effort to revitalize Sacramento’s Promise Zone. SMUD, along with UC...
From WDVM:
The City of Rockville breaks ground on building a multi-million dollar, mixed-use development in their downtown area.
What used to be just a parking lot will soon be a new place of attraction for Downtown Rockville. City of Rockville Mayor Bridget Newton said...