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Valerie Jarrett's Struggle
CHICAGO— For Valerie Jarrett, redeveloping public housing is more than a federal mandate. It's a personal mission to show that an idea championed by her grandfather was right after all.
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Recession-Proof?
Tampa, Fla.—Education is supposed to be a recession proof industry—but tell that to the administrators at the University of South Florida.
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REGIONAL NEWS
KALAMAZOO, MICH. A nonprofit group has renovated two apartments located here and in nearby Portage for specialneeds residents
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REGIONAL NEWS
KALAMAZOO, MICH.- A nonprofit group has renovated two apartments located here and in nearby Portage for specialneeds residents.
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Midwest HFAs Focus on Foreclosures
For many Midwest cities, the recent foreclosure crisis has made an already bad situation much worse.
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Bonds Get Edgewood Going
AKRON, OHIO -- Tax-exempt bond financing has helped the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA) jump-start an ambitious 221-unit development on the city's west side.
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Southern Promises
NEW ORLEANS — Two-and-a-half years after Hurricane Katrina, many who called New Orleans home continue to live in trailers tainted by formaldehyde or with relatives in California or in apartments in Houston or in dark cracks where they have slipped unknown into the American landscape.
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Downtown Turnaround
A decade ago, downtown Birmingham, Ala., was riddled with vacant buildings and struggling to retain its economic vitality.
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MAINE
AUGUSTA—Infill projects will get a big advantage in the competition for Maine’s lowincome housing tax credits (LIHTCs) in 2008
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BEST SENIORS PROJECT:Public Housing Redevelopment Leads Revival
WASHINGTON, D.C.—When the Washington Nationals start playing baseball in their new stadium next spring, the elderly residents of Arthur Capper Senior Apartments will have a short walk to take in a game.