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Press inquiries can be directed to Joshua Meehan P: 617-520-6408 E: jmeehan@cambridge-housing.org

CHA Youth Program Receives Gift from the Ethical Society of Boston  |  6/30/2010
The Cambridge Housing Authority and Ethical Society of Boston announced today that CHA is the recipient of the Society's Shaw Fund Scholarship Award.  The $1,800 award will go towards scholarships for graduates of CHA's award winning youth development program, The Work Force.

CHA Awarded Additional Funds to Help Homeless Vets  |  6/21/2010
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced additional funding for the Cambridge Housing Authority to provide permanent housing to 25 homeless veterans.  These 25 new Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers will increase CHA's veteran program to 60.

CHA Receives $698K Grant to Reopen and Expand Computer Centers  |  3/9/2010
CHA was awarded a $698,000 competitive grant to reopen its shuddered computer centers at Jefferson Park and Windsor Street and open a new center at Roosevelt Towers.  The grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's Broadband Technology Opportunity Program is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

This award is the fourth competitive ARRA grant CHA has won.  In September CHA was awarded $1.7 million for energy upgrades for Truman Apartments, $10 million for the comprehensive modernization of LBJ Apartments and $10 million for the modernization of Jackson Gardens and demolition and redevelopment of Lincoln Way apartments; bringing CHA's total competitive awards to almost $24 million.

Boston Globe feature on The Work Force  |  11/30/2009
The Boston Globe explores the positive impact programs like CHA's Work Force can have on young people living in public housing.

CHA and Teamsters Union Local 122 Agree on Labor Contract  |  9/28/2009
The Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) Board of Commissioners announced today that the CHA and Teamsters Union Local 122, the union representing the agency’s administrative staff, have agreed to a new contract.

HUD Awards CHA $1.7 Million for Energy Improvements at Truman Apartments  |  9/24/2009
The Cambridge Housing Authority learned yesterday that it is the recipient of a $1.7 million U.S. Housing and Urban Development competitive grant for rehabilitation of the Harry S. Truman Apartments.

HUD Awards CHA $10 Million Grant  |  9/18/2009
The Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) learned today that it is the recipient of a $10 million U.S. Housing and Urban Development competitive grant for the comprehensive renovation of the Lyndon B. Johnson Apartments (LBJ), a twelve story, one hundred eighty unit elderly/disabled development in Cambridge’s Cambridgeport neighborhood.

CHA Closing Family Public Housing Waiting Lists to Facilitate Project  |  9/18/2009
On September 4, 2009 CHA was notified that it was awarded a $10 million competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  The $10 million award provides CHA the funding necessary to move ahead with plans to replace Lincoln Way Apartments in West Cambridge and comprehensively modernize Jackson Gardens in the Mid-Cambridge neighborhood. The Cambridge Housing Authority (CHA) is closing its waiting list for apartments in family public housing effective October 16, 2009. The waitlist is being closed to make apartments available for residents being relocated during construction at the two sites.