Thousands of affordable homes and jobs would be lost across California if the state eliminates local redevelopment agencies (RDAs), according to housing advocates. More
The League of California Cities, the California Redevelopment Association (CRA), and the cities of San Jose and Union City have filed a lawsuit to stop the elimination of the stat’s approximately 400 redevelopment agencies (RDAs). More
BOSTON—City and state officials recently celebrated the opening of the first phase of the redevelopment of the Washington Beech public housing project in the city’s Roslindale neighborhood. More
CHICAGO—Mercy Housing Lakefront is leveraging $68 million to rehabilitate and preserve two apartment developments in the city’s Uptown community. More
Seattle voters did it again, passing a seven-year, $145 million housing levy in... More
NEW ORLEANS On Aug. 27, ceremonial shovels hit the dirt at Lafitte Street, as the... More
NEW ORLEANS—Since the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina poured into the C.J. Peete public housing complex here, Jocquelyn Marshall and her son have traveled from an emergency shelter in Tunica, Miss., to an apartment in Houston, and then to an apartment in another New Orleans neighborhood. More
On Aug. 27, ceremonial shovels hit the dirt at Lafitte Street in New Orleans, as the redevelopment of the Lafitte public housing complex got under way. More
A lawsuit is brewing in California over a state budget package that takes $2.05 billion from redevelopment agencies in the next two years. More