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Federal housing subsidies still at risk
SEATTLE—January
24, 2003—Officials at housing authorities across
the country are worried that subsidies in the next federal
fiscal year will fall short of urgent needs. Due to a miscalculation
by HUD staff in Washington, D.C., the agency will exhaust
its public housing subsidies during the current year, and
plans to spend $250 million from next year year's
allocation to meet this year's obligations. However, HUD
has not indicated any willingness to ask for additional
funds in next year's appropriations to make up for this
shortfall. While maintaining that housing authorities will
be funded at 90 percent of this year's level, the
department lacks the apparent resources to make good on
this promise. Click
here for additional information.
Governor Gary Locke visits NewHolly on
MLK Day
SEATTLE—January
20, 2003—Gov.
Gary Locke visited the newest P-Patch in Phase II of the
NewHolly development on Martin Luther King Day. He pitched
in with over 50 volunteers to help build retaining walls
for the P-Patch known by residents as the "Power
Garden," located alongside the powerline right-of-way
that separates Phase I from Phase II at NewHolly. Click
here for excepts from Gov. Locke's remarks and
pictures of the work in progress.
Yesler Terrace Community Center project
moves forward
SEATTLE—January
20, 2003—Plans
and designs are almost complete for the new Yesler Terrace
community center near the corner of Yesler Way and
Broadway. Construction on this exciting new facility will
begin this summer, with completion expected in late 2004.
Even though 21 housing units will need to be demolished to
make way for the expanded center, SHA has already begun
the process of acquiring new replacement units. Click
here for details.
Senior Housing rent policy under
consideration
SEATTLE—January
21, 2003—At it's regular monthly board meeting,
the Seattle Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
ratified the suspension of the SSHP rent policy passed
last June, thus confirming that rents for newcomers in the
program will remain at $210 through September 30, 2003.
Meanwhile, the housing authority will work with
stakeholders to develop a new rent policy that better
reflects the program's goal of serving extremely
low-income residents. Click
here for details.
Residents form design committee for High
Point
SEATTLE—January
18, 2003—Once a month on Saturday mornings at High Point,
residents gather to consider design issues for the High
Point of the future. In collaboration with Mithun
Architects, the residents are voicing their preferences
about floor plans, landscape features and parks. Click
here for details of this committee's work and pictures
that illustrate their preferences.
SHA begins sale of residential lots to
builders
SEATTLE—January
15, 2003—The Seattle Housing Authority has begun
selling residential building lots in its family
communities that are undergoing redevelopment--NewHolly,
Rainier Vista and High Point. Rather than building the
housing and selling them itself, the agency will sell lots
to commercial home builders who will then build the houses
for sale to the general public according to strict design
and use guidelines. SHA's proceeds from the lot sales are
used to build additional low-income units either on site
or elsewhere in Seattle. Click
here for details.
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