February, 2015 Archive


Public Housing Agency Signs up Solar Garden Program

The St. Paul Public Housing Agency (SPPHA), together with Geronimo Energy, will bring solar to local residents under Xcel Energy’s Community Solar Garden Program. SPPHA will be the main subscriber for the proposed $40 million community solar garden project, which will be built by Geronimo Energy outside the Twin Cities, Minnesota.  EIN News

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Race-Discrimination Complaint Dismissed by EEOC

EEOC dismisses Wenston DeSue’s race-discrimination complaint against Bradenton Housing Authority.  BRADENTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has dismissed a complaint from former Bradenton Housing Authority Executive Director Wenston DeSue that he was fired because he is black.  Bradenton Herald.  

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Snuff Out Smoking in Rental Housing

Advocates want to snuff out smoking in rental housing.  Carol Chatham vividly recalls the spring six years ago when she moved in to her apartment in Vestal.  “When I moved in it was a brand-new building — I was the eighth tenant,” she said. “I was sitting in my living room in April with the […]

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Housing Authority Collaborates on Water Sewer Project

Steamboat Springs — The city of Steamboat Springs and the Yampa Valley Housing Authority are advertising for bidders on a water and sewer project in Fish Creek Mobile Home Park that would combine replacement of the city’s sanitary sewer interceptor that happens to run through the park, while accomplishing a much needed replacement of water […]

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Smoking Ban in Public Housing

The City of Phoenix may ban smoking inside city-owned public housing.  The City Council will consider a measure on Wednesday that forces residents in public housing to smoke in designated areas outside of their apartments. City officials said it’s a measure to protect public health and property.  AZ Central.

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