Passive House Project Will Benefit Disabled Adults
A Green Building Advisor story
A Maine-based non-profit is collaborating with a national affordable housing advocate to develop a Passive House certified apartment building for disabled adults.
Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. Named Developer for Clinton-Peabody Redevelopment
A long-awaited transformation is on the horizon for the Near Southside. The St. Louis Housing Authority (SLHA) recently announced the selection of Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. (POAH) as the master developer of the historic Clinton-Peabody Apartments.
Boston invests $67 million into affordable housing projects across the city
GBH News story
A 110-year-old decaying church, a former convent and a shuttered bank are among several existing structures that will benefit from an infusion of cash from the city of Boston to become mixed-income housing.
Those and 14 other projects around the city will create or preserve more than 800 income-restricted housing units, with $67 million from the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the Community Preservation Fund and the Neighborhood Housing Trust, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Thursday.
Construction To Begin At LeClair Village In Mashpee
The Enterprise Mashpee story
Financing is completed for the 950 Falmouth Road affordable housing project, which is known as LeClair Village, and site clearing is set to begin early this month.
A formal groundbreaking will be scheduled in late spring, and the project will take about 18 months to complete.
These were takeways from an update to the Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee last Tuesday, January 24, by David Quinn, development director for Housing Assistance Corporation of Cape Cod.
Maine Nonprofit Receives Federal Funding to Design Technology for Disabled Residents
Affordable Housing Finance story
A Maine-based nonprofit that is creating innovative affordable living options for adults with disabilities has been awarded $509,000 in federal funding to design assistive “smart-home” technology for disabled residents at a development it plans to build in Scarborough.
This project was advanced by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) in the fiscal 2023 omnibus appropriations package signed into law last month.
Making heat recovery ventilators sexy
Boston Globe story
It’s called “building decarbonization” — the work of making structures of all sizes nearly carbon free. And I’ll concede that the topic, while vital to our survival on this roasting planet, isn’t the sexiest.
But spend an hour with Julie Klump, and you, too, might be surprised to find yourself getting excited about polyisocyanurate board insulation and heat recovery ventilators.
'Delivering on a promise': Ground broken at Barry Farm redevelopment site in DC
ABC 7 News Washington story
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) broke ground Monday on a project dedicated to restoring a beloved community to many longtime residents.
Groundbreaking of The Asberry marks the first on-site building delivered at Barry Farm under the New Communities Initiative, a program that dates back to Mayor Anthony Williams' Administration and is designed to revitalize severely distressed subsidized housing and redevelop neighborhoods into vibrant mixed-income communities.
The Freelon at Sugar Hill Brings Impactful, Equitable Housing to Midtown
September 22, 2022
Michigan Chronicle
Sherri Kolade
The Freelon at Sugar Hill is an institution in its own right.
Detroit’s newest multi-use housing complex, located in Midtown, brings 68 units online in the city’s historic Sugar Hill neighborhood.
On Thursday, September 22 in the Sugar Hill Arts District, city and area officials broke ground on the multi-use housing complex 119 Garfield St.
Cincinnati awards $7.1M to affordable housing projects in 9 neighborhoods
Cincinnati is spending more than $7 million to fund affordable housing this year. The grants are part of the annual Notice of Funding Availability, or NOFA. Mayor Aftab Pureval says nine projects will create 266 new affordable units and preserve another 142 units.
“That's an over 200% increase in projected impact from last year's NOFA awards,” Pureval said. “And because of this year's budgeted increase for the program, and strong planning by our administration, it's nearly $3 million greater than [the] original projected investment.”
Long Pond Village Aims for Low Environmental Impact
The Provincetown Independent story
Continuing its review of the 46-unit affordable housing proposal for 95 Lawrence Road named Long Pond Village, the zoning board of appeals on July 21 heard from the developers’ architect and landscapers, who emphasized the planned neighborhood’s modern and environmentally sensitive features.