Residents Choose Communities to Live In
Low-income residents of the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso can now choose the affordable housing communities in which they would like to live. El Paso, Inc.
February, 2015 Archive
Birmingham City Officials, Housing Authority at Impasse Over $70 million Housing Redevelopment
A rhetorical battle of bureaucrats has erupted between the city of Birmingham and officials with the Birmingham Housing Authority. Alabama Media Group, AL.Com.
Residents Sue Over Plan to Move Homeless into Midlothian Manor
A group of area residents are trying to secure an injunction against Lake County in attempt to halt the process of PADS moving 14 chronically homeless individuals into Midlothian Manor in unincorporated Lake County. Lake County News-Sun.
Bronzeville Residents Slam CHA For Giving Public Housing Land To Mariano’s
CHICAGO (CBS) – South Side residents expressed frustration Thursday with the pace of replacing public housing that was torn down at the site of what will become a Mariano’s grocery store in Bronzeville. CBS Local Media, CBS.Com.
Housing Authority, United Way – Offering Free Tax Services
The Housing Authority of the City of Frederick (Maryland) and the United Way of Frederick County have come together to offer free tax services. The Frederick News-Post.
Online Process Equals Success for Housing Voucher Program
The online process proved to be successful for the Chattanooga Housing Authority’s voucher program. The Chattanooga Housing Authority introduced a new online application process when it opened its Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list on Monday. The process took only a few minutes and was completed by 6,533 applicants. The Chattanoogan.com.
Lake County Residents Pool Cash to Fight Homeless Plan
Some residents in Lake Zurich, Hawthorn Woods and nearby unincorporated areas have formed a group and are pooling their money as they consider how to contest a proposal to place chronically homeless people with mental illness in a neighborhood of single-family homes. Daily Herald.
Housing Authority Seeks to Become Housing Developer
The Northwest Georgia Housing Authority is taking slow but steady steps to transform itself from a caretaker of aging public housing to a developer of quality, affordable housing for residents of Rome and Rockmart. Northwest Georgia News, Rome, GA, RN-T.com, Rome News-Tribune.
Housing Authority CEO Named the 2015 Most Influential African American of Lake County
January 29, 2015 (Grayslake, IL) – Lake County Housing Authority (LCHA) Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer David A. Northern, Sr. received the 2015 Most Influential African American of Lake County Award on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at an event hosted by Chicago People’s Voice newspaper in Waukegan, Illinois. Chicago Tribune.com, Lake County News-Sun.