Latest Supportive housing Stories
Jamboree Housing Corporation, one of California’s leading community development organizations specializing in affordable housing, broke ground on the second phase of Doria Apartment Homes in Irvine. Designed for families who earn 30% to 60% of area median income (AMI), the second phase of Doria encompasses 74 apartments, is Jamboree’s second workforce housing development in partnership with the Irvine Community Land Trust, and includes 10 homes that will be set-aside for residents who...
Award Honors Efforts that Help Older Adults Live Independently HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Individuals and organizations that are creating quality housing opportunities for older Pennsylvanians can be nominated for the state's 2013 Supportive Housing Award. Nominations are due by March 29. The award is sponsored by the departments of Aging and Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. It recognizes significant efforts to increase the...
75 Formerly Homeless Veterans Now Have a New Place to Call Home at 150 Otis Street (PRWEB) January 25, 2013 On Wednesday, January 30, 2013, Swords to Plowshares and Chinatown Community Development Center will host the grand opening celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony of San Francisco’s newest housing for homeless veterans in 12 years. The grand opening event will take place from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm at 150 Otis Street in San Francisco. Spearheaded by community based non-profit...
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jericho Project, a leading nonprofit ending homelessness at its roots, today opens the doors to Kingsbridge Terrace, a unique, beautifully designed LEED-certified Veteran Residence in the Bronx, NY, that is home to 76 veterans including those who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the second of two state-of-the-art Veterans Residences built by Jericho in the Bronx enabling veterans to live in affordable, furnished housing and...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second straight year, LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant is teaming up with United Way of Greater Los Angeles as Honorary Chair of the 2012 HomeWalk 5K Run/Walk to raise the awareness and funds necessary to end homelessness in LA County. As Chair, Bryant joins leaders in Los Angeles County, such as the Hilton Foundation, in the fight to end homelessness; the foundation will match all walker donations of $100 or more. The 2012 HomeWalk event...
SAN FRANCISCO and NOVATO, Calif., Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- California and Massachusetts-based green, precision homebuilder Blu Homes (www.bluhomes.com) today announced that it has partnered with non-profit Homeward Bound of Marin (www.hbofm.org) on a critically-needed, permanent, supportive housing project for homeless families in Marin County. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121011/NE91095) With the Oma Village project, Blu Homes and Homeward Bound will transform...
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Concern for Independent Living, a leading nonprofit provider of supportive housing, held a ribbon cutting today to officially open The Concern Heights Apartments, bringing an innovative supportive housing development and more than a dozen new jobs to the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. The project was made possible by support from the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH), NYS Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), NYS Office of...
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For almost one hundred years, Mary Elizabeth Inn, has provided safe housing and supportive services to women in need. Founded in 1914 by Mrs. Lizzie Snyder Glide (who also built Glide Memorial United Methodist Church), Mary Elizabeth Inn has helped thousands of women rebuild their lives by empowering them to achieve self-sufficiency, independence and security. With its mission to end the cycle of poverty and homelessness, it is San...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, and four private foundations today named local partners for a new $35 million initiative to stabilize fragile families and keep children out of foster care. Broward County (FL), Cedar Rapids (IA), Memphis (TN), San Francisco (CA), and the State of Connecticut will be testing a new model for preventing foster care placements by placing highly fragile...
PHOENIX, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Singleton Housing invites the community to a special Open House Friday, August 24 from 10 am - 2pm and Saturday, August 25 from 10 am - 4 pm. The Open House will take place at the main site located at 6545 N. 19(th) Ave. (between Bethany Home Rd. and Glendale Ave.) in Phoenix. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet staff and program managers, view the newest housing facility, and find out about volunteer opportunities. "The focus of...
