The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) recently announced the opening of two affordable housing projects for very low-income, elderly residents in Jonesboro, Arkansas.  Benedictine Manor I and II are part of a senior campus located in downtown Jonesboro consisting of two adjacent, two-story buildings with 20 one-bedroom apartments for very low-income seniors.  [...]

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The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) recently announced the approval of 18 new Supportive Living Facilities (SLFs) in Illinois. The state’s Supportive Living Program offers an alternative to nursing home care for low income seniors, and people with physical disabilities and the state’s Medicaid program pays for a portion or all of [...]

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Terraces on Tulane, a newly constructed senior housing community in New Orleans, Louisiana, is celebrating its re-opening after the former facility was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina.  The Terraces on Tulane replaces Forest Towers, badly damaged by Katrina, and is a 200-unit community for low-income seniors  and is operated by Volunteers of America (VOA).  The [...]

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The Lakewood Housing Authority, dba Metro West Housing Solutions, announced that it will receive a grant of $500,000 in HOME funds for the construction of Senior Residence at Creekside West. This is Phase II of the award winning Residence at Creekside Community, a 118 unit senior development built in 2007 (also supported by CDOH funds). [...]

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Ron Sims recently visited Palo Vista Garden Community, an Oakland Housing Authority (OHA) property that is receiving funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) for capital improvements and energy efficiency upgrades. It is one of seven developments that is receiving funding [...]

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Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell celebrated with East Austin residents and members of the Chestnut Neighborhood Revitalization Corporation(CNRC) at a groundbreaking ceremony at the end of September to mark the upcoming construction of the Franklin Gardens Senior Housing, a rental housing facility for low-income elderly persons. The 1.02 acre location will will consist of 21 one-bedroom [...]

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The Adrian Fenty administration recently announced that it housed 22 homeless seniors as part of the District’s long term efforts to provide housing to some of the city’s most vulnerable residents. These individuals are now proud residents of the Wesley House Senior Apartments in Northeast Washington.  Since last year, the administration has housed 144 homeless [...]

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Birchez Associates LLC, a Hudson Valley, N.Y., developer of affordable housing, recently celebrated the opening of The Birches at Esopus, an 80-unit, energy-efficient senior housing community.  The Birches at Esopus is the first new construction to be completed and certified as a New York Energy Smart Building and the first low-rise construction to be completed [...]

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The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) awarded a $210,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant to the Ruston Housing Authority located in Ruston, Louisiana.  The grant will assist with the construction of Orchard Creek Apartments, a 30-unit complex for very low-income senior residents and funding was made available through Community Trust Bank in [...]

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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced last week that $511 million is available to provide non-profit organizations interest-free capital advance funds to produce affordable rental housing with supportive services for the elderly and persons with disabilities through HUD’s Section 202 and Section 811 Capital Advance programs.  Of the funds available as part [...]

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently joined residents and neighbors in celebrating the preservation of 245 affordable apartments at Nihonmachi Terrace in the Japantown neighborhood of San Francisco. The seven building property, buitl in the mid-1970s, is currently undergoing $25 million in renovations that will include energy-efficiency enhancements and structural improvements and he [...]

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The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) recently announced that it has awarded an $80,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant to The Neptune Group of Cedar Hill, Texas. The grant will assist with the rehabilitation of 10 homes for very low-income elderly and disabled occupants in Shelby, Mississippi. Funding was made available [...]

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