The article reports on stimulus funds received by the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) in Washington from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the construction of TaMarack housing complex. According SHA senior housing developer Rebecca Whitney, the stimulus fund enables the agency to ...
We describe indoor environmental conditions related to asthma triggers among a low-income urban population in Seattle/King County, Washington, as well as caregiver knowledge and resources related to control of these triggers. Methods Data are obtained from in-person, structured, closed-end interviews...
athe Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) planned a mixed-income development that included rent-subsidized townhouses and multiplexes, a low-income apartment building for seniors, and market-rate townhouses and single-family homes. 西雅图住房当局 (SHA) 计划了包括给租津贴的连栋房屋和复合、一个低收入公寓...
aBuilt as temporary workforce housing during World War II, the 750 single- and twostory duplexes of West Seattle’s High Point housing project were more than ready for replacement when the federal government created the HOPE VI program to raze outmoded low-income housing. 当联邦政府创造希望VI节...
from financial aid to housing costs, by producing new and credible research and developing a strong multi-state advocacy network. Over the next two years, Demos will hold a series of public forums in North Carolina, Ohio and New York; convene a national conference in 2009, in Washington, D...
The program already accepts applications from households that have a student eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program, live in public housing or receive HUD Housing Assistance, including Section 8 vouchers, or participate in the Veterans Pension Program, as well a...
Low-income families, especially those who reside in food deserts, face significant systemic barriers regarding their ability to access affordable and nutritious food. The food behaviors exhibited by low-income families are a reflection of the shortcomings of the built environment and conventional food ...
Rather, supports provided to other groups should be made inclusive of their needs, be it for income generation, improved housing, and transport [19]. But for this to happen, the above two points need to be addressed. None of these issues will be speedily addressed and indeed they may ...
increased demands for food assistance, expressing particular concern about possible cuts to federal programs such as food stamps and WIC, which assists low-income pregnant women and mothers. Unemployment led the list of causes of hunger in cities, followed by poverty, low wages and high housing ...
To understand why households remain unconnected and do not enroll in sponsored-service programs, BCG and Comcast surveyed 1,500 low-income households that have school-age children across the US and another 1,000 such households in two metro areas: Philadelphia and Washington, DC. (See “...