Homes for America, Telesis Honored at DC Area Affordable Housing Meeting
Homes for America and Telesis were recognized at the annual meeting of the Housing Association for Non-Profit Developers. Homes for America received the award for Nonprofit Developer of the Year.
More than just money: Social mission gains traction with small companies
Washington, DC (April 24, 2015) – They may not have the sexiest name, but you have to look no further than Etsy’s IPO to see that B Corps are taking center stage. B Corps are companies who commit to upholding specific high social and environmental standards, certified by a nonprofit organization called B Lab.
120 Businesses Honored as ‘Best for the World’, Creating Most Overall Positive Social and Environmental Impact
Wayne, PA (April 14, 2015) – Today, 120 companies worldwide were recognized for creating the most positive overall social and environmental impact by the nonprofit B Lab with the release of the fourth annual ‘B Corp Best for the World’ list.
Russell area residents launch ‘Choice’ planning
Louisville, KY (March 20, 2015) – Metro housing officials and others will kick off a two-year effort to devise a plan to dramatically upgrade the Beecher Terrace public housing site along West Jefferson Street and the East Russell neighborhood at a public event Tuesday.
Centre Theatre nears reopening
Baltimore, MD (March 2, 2015) – When Baltimore developer Charlie Duff placed the winning bid on a vacant former theater in Station North, it looked like the possible setting of an Indiana Jones movie: Green mold grew on surfaces throughout the building, a tree sprouted through the middle of a staircase.
Developer looks to buy former G.C. Murphy’s in Hazelwood
A former G.C. Murphy’s store in Hazelwood could become a centerpiece of efforts to revitalize the neighborhood. The city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority board is poised to accept a proposal by AHI Development Inc., a subsidiary to Action Housing Inc., at its meeting Thursday to buy the Spahr Building for $80,000 plus costs. The price includes four adjacent parcels.
A summer school garden grows in NE Washington
Washington, DC (August 5, 2014) – Summer days can stretch long for many young students in the District whose families don’t have thousands of extra dollars for camps and enrichment programs.
Marble steps reused as gathering place
Baltimore, MD (June 29, 2014) – Alice Johnson noticed the checker boards that recently popped up behind her house, a neat brick rowhouse in the Barclay neighborhood of Baltimore.
What do solar panels have to do with affordable housing? A lot.
Home values in D.C. nearly doubled from 2000 to 2010, while income for the bottom 40 percent of the city’s population barely budged. A minimum-wage worker would have to clock in 137 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair market rent.
Baltimore’s RAD plan is among nation’s largest, HUD secretary says
Baltimore, MD (March 20, 2014) – Standing in front of a scrolling slideshow of public housing decrepitude – moldy bathrooms, cracked concrete and rusty heating pipes – U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan applauded Baltimore’s involvement in a new federal program that aims to finance repairs by selling some of the city’s public housing to private owners.