Community Development

From Alaska Public Media:

An organization dedicated to housing Alaskans has purchased more than 600 acres of university land across the state for future residential projects.

Daniel Delfino, with the Alaska Housing Finance Corp., said housing is tight all around Alaska. The idea, he said, is to jump-start development in a way the organization and others hope to replicate in the future.

From KXAN News Austin:

The U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development’s acting secretary, Adrianne Todman, visited the build site of an Austin affordable housing project Wednesday morning.

The Prospect Heights project is a redevelopment of the former Rosewood Courts, one of the nation’s oldest public housing sites. The development is under the direction of the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) and the Austin Habitat for Humanity.

CLPHA Members in Cuyahoga and Norfolk Earned Additional CNI Funding

From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:

The Chicago Housing Authority is announcing the launch of “Cabrini Now,” a community-driven planning and design process to accelerate new mixed-income housing and economic development in the Near North neighborhood.

From the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's website:

On Thursday, April 25, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in partnership with the NYU Furman Center, will host a hybrid event on the development of affordable housing on land owned by faith-based organizations.

From the Housing Authority of Baltimore City's press release:

HUD has updated the guidance for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to allow funding of a wider range of housing-related activities. These include acquisition, adaptive reuse, rehabilitation, reconstruction, housing counseling, and fair housing planning activities.