Apartment City

Plans to renovate Lassiter Courts , a public housing complex in the city’s Southeast Community, will move forward after getting state approval this summer for an important piece of funding. But the state’s rejection of similar funding at Spratley House will delay plans there until at least next year. The Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority plans to do the same kind of work at Lassiter — about $5.9 million worth — that it has done at Oyster Point, Cypress and Brighton apartment complexes : renovating kitchens, fixing up roofs and floors, and working on HVAC systems, to name a few plans. public housing complex es get step closer to renovation" class="trb_em_ic_img" title="Two Newport News public housing complex es get step closer to renovation" src="src" /> Those properties have been or will be renovated under a program called Rental Assistance Demonstration , or RAD, which is operated under the Department of Housing and Urban Develop...

The Tapiz at Mariposa apartment project , part of Denver Housing Authority ’s Mariposa District redevelopment project in the Alma Lincoln Park neighborhood . (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) People who are now happy to call the Mariposa District home would have tried to avoid the area in the not so distant past. “The projects came in here in 1952,” said Bob Cordova, a resident at the Tapiz at Mariposa. “This was the meanest goddamn area of Denver growing up, and it only got worse.” Cordova said he moved to the 100-unit Tapiz apartment building not long after the eight- story senior housing project was completed in 2011. “It feels safe in the area now,” Cordova said. The Tapiz was the first of eight redevelopment phases that Denver Housing Authority undertook to demolish and replace its 250- unit South Lincoln Park Homes . Several residents refer to the former complex as “the projects.” South Lincoln Homes complex along Navajo Street before they were demolished for the Mariposa Distr...

After a tense deadline last summer at the Highland Village apartments and nearly a year of wading through bureaucratic red tape , Bellevue has committed itself to the preservation of 76 below-market units. The Bellevue City Council voted 4 -0 to contribute $2 million from the city’s housing fund toward the King County Housing Authority to help purchase the property. The 86 families (and 85 children in local schools) of the Highland Village apartment complex were faced with an eviction notice last year, which told the residents to be out by the beginning of October. A developer, Intracorp, had sights on the property for market-rate condominiums. The residents, by-and-large, are near the 60 percent area median income level . Many of the residents speak English as a second language. According to the King County Housing Authority ’s own guidelines, the area median income for a family of four is $90,000. Highland Village was charging residents well below market rent, but many com...

The Northwest Georgia Housing Authority has been selected to participate in a research trial of a new chemical product to get rid of bed bugs without displacing apartment dwellers for an extended period of time. The housing authority also approved a new “Working Preference” policy that will impact residents of five public housing complexes in Rome and Rockmart. Norman Pleger, the director of technical services for the housing authority , told the board of directors Wednesday the agency will be the only housing authority in Georgia to participate in the study being led by Professor Nina Jenkins at Pennsylvania State University . “It’s an all natural bio-insecticide,” Pleger said. “You don’t have to move out of the house, but they recommend that you do stay out of the house about four hours after the application.” Pleger said the treatment completely eradicates bed bugs within four to seven days. He said the early research recommends application in areas that are prone to bed bu...

DECATUR, GA -- The Decatur Housing Authority (DHA) will hold a Grand Opening Ceremony for Phases I and II of Trinity Walk, the exciting redevelopment of the former Gateway Manor and Oakview apartments in downtown Decatur, near Atlanta.  The new, affordable apartment community at 421 West Trinity Place is fully occupied and now boasts 121 one, two and three- bedroom energy - efficient apartment flats and townhomes in six contemporary, three-story buildings.  Thirty-two of the apartments were created for the elderly and/or disabled, while the remaining 89 units were designed for families.  The Grand Opening will be held at Trinity Walk on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 10 a.m.  Invited guests include Decatur ’s Mayor and City Council, HUD officials, DHA staff project investors and partners and Trinity Walk residents , who worked with DHA, HUD and the City of Decatur to create a unique revitalization strategy for the redevelopment.“The former Gateway Manor development spanned two highly des...

May 15, 2013 hampshire housing .jpg" title="new hampshire housing .jpg" width="150" height="38" class="imagefield imagefield-field_thumbnail" /> New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority       New Hampshire Housing ’s Board of Directors recently approved a $500,000 loan to support the renovation of Newport Village Apartments , a housing complex that offers affordable apartments for low-income families in Newport. The funding will mean the nine-building complex, which was originally built in 1982, can undergo significant renovations . The project is sponsored by the Caleb Group. The loan will be provided from federal HOME funds .   Planned renovations include replacing windows , adding insulation, and installing new roofs and boilers. The renovations will help cut energy costs , and as a result, make the apartments more affordable to maintain. As part of the loan agreement, Newport Village will pass on these cost savings in the form of gu...

BELLEVUE -- There were tears of joy in Bellevue on Friday evening, as residents of Highland Village Apartments were told they could stay in their homes. The plan to save one of the last affordable housing options in the area was unveiled to residents during a community meeting. The City of Bellevue, the King County Housing Authority , and members of the state legislature all worked together to make it happen. "For Bellevue, this was in a sense a test of, do we really mean we want to work on affordable housing ?  And this was an opportunity that came up to make something happen and we were determined to do that," said Bellevue Mayor John Stokes . Instead of being re-developed and sold as condos, the 76 apartments will now be bought by the housing authority . Officials say rent will be staying the same and no one will have to move. "This is gonna be the greatest good news of the year. This is Merry Christmas. This is Merry Christmas. I love it,” said Michael Simekhs, wh...

RIO DE JANEIRO ― Seven years ago, Vila Autódromo was little more than a tranquil fishing village on the edge of Jacarepagua Lagoon, next to the racetrack for which it was named. Like the hundreds of other favelas that dot Rio de Janeiro ’s landscape, it had long been neglected by the city government , and it lacked many basic public services that are standard in the fast- growing wealthier neighborhoods just across the water. But to the more than 600 families that lived there, it was home. “This was a paradise,” said Luiz Cláudio Silva, who lived in Autódromo for more than 20 years. “I thought that I would live here for the rest of my life.” By the time the Rio Olympics are over, just 20 of the families who lived in Autódromo in 2009, the year the International Olympic Committee chose the city to host the games, will remain. The community, which sits less than a mile away from Rio’s Olympic Park, was crushed so that the city could build new access roads to connect Olympic venues . ...