Public Housing News


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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‘Education was my way out’

CHARLOTTE — Fadra McMillan sits in a little white rocker called the “Share Chair” with a dozen expectant faces looking up at her. The first-grade teacher at DevonshireElementary School in Charlotte knows this is a critical time in these young students’ education to create a foundation for success. As a child that grew up in […]

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