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The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) is a governmental organization responsible for the ownership and management of low-income housing property in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The organization was founded in 1933, making it the first housing authority in the United States.
The Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 amended and extended a number of laws related to housing assistance, home ownership, low-income housing, and housing for the elderly and disabled. It amends the United States Housing Act of 1937, calling for reconstruction of obsolete public housing, reduction of tenant preference housing for ...
It is the largest Federal block grant to states and local governments designed exclusively to create affordable housing for low-income families, providing approximately US$2 billion each year. [ 2 ] The program is commonly referred to as the Home Investment or Home Partnership Program, and is often operating in conjunction with other housing ...
Ohio's housing shortage is a long-term threat to the growth that Columbus area has been fortunate to experience. Ohio is losing people. Housing is a big reason they flee. | Opinion
The nearly 400-acre campus was donated by deed to the VA in 1887 as a “soldiers home” for disabled volunteer service members. By the 1920s, 4,000 veterans were housed on the property.
Volunteers of America (VOA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1896 that provides affordable housing and other assistance services primarily to low-income people throughout the United States. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia , the organization includes 32 affiliates and serves approximately 1.5 million people each year in 46 states ...
Non-profit housing developers build affordable housing for individuals under-served by the private market. The non-profit housing sector is composed of community development corporations (CDC) and national and regional non-profit housing organizations whose mission is to provide for the needy, the elderly, working households, and others that the private housing market does not adequately serve.
Laurel Homes was established in 1938 with 1303 units of low income housing. An adjacent property of 1015 units, Lincoln Court, opened in 1942 to black families only. [ 2 ] Apartments at Laurel Homes were leased to both white and to lesser degree, black, families, making it nominally one of the first integrated housing projects in the United States.