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public housing
Winston-Salem's public housing program celebrates rebrand as residents rally for better living conditions
The organization — now called Aspire — celebrated what it hopes to be a new chapter, but just a short distance away, advocates held a rally calling for improvements in public housing.
Housing Authority of Winston-Salem leader to step down in June
The announcement comes as the organization is planning its own rebrand to distance itself from negative stigmas.
A National Public Housing Museum opens
The National Public Housing Museum is now open in Chicago. Installations, exhibits and stories about public housing's successes as well as its challenges are on display.
Public housing residents call for better representation in Winston-Salem
Residents and advocates want someone who currently lives in public housing to fill the vacant seats on the housing authority's board of commissioners.
One possible housing crisis solution? A new kind of public housing for all income levels
Maryland's Montgomery County is building mixed-income apartments in which people who can afford to pay market rate allow other renters to pay less. Cities and states nationwide are taking up the idea.
Winston-Salem housing initiative faces delay as funding gap continues
The development was sparked in part by a $30 million federal grant but has continued to face a multimillion-dollar funding gap.
As first phase of Winston-Salem affordable housing project nears completion, funding gap for next step remains
A project involving more than 400 new affordable housing units in Winston-Salem is facing a multimillion-dollar funding gap for one of its phases.
Winston-Salem housing initiative faces projected multimillion-dollar funding gap
The next phase of a project to increase affordable housing in Winston-Salem is facing a projected multimillion-dollar funding gap.
Withering heat is more common, but getting AC is still a struggle in public housing
Many people in public housing are especially vulnerable to extreme heat, and there's no federal requirement for air conditioning. That leaves some tenants struggling to pay for it on their own.