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01/20/2021

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News Archive

  • 2021
    •  January
      • PAHRA 2021 WINTER CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
      • VIRTUAL CLASSROOM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES CAN BENEFIT MARC NAHRO
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - PUBLIC HOUSING MANAGER - WESTMORELAND COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - WILMINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY (DELAWARE)
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN - HERCULES CORP.
  • 2020
    •  December
      • PAHRA Monitor Winter 2020-21 Edition Available Online
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - ELK COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CARBON COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES OF LANCASTER COUNTY
      • Lancaster City Housing Authority Keeps Residents Connected During COVID-19
    •  November
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF FRANKLIN
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - SECTION 8 COORDINATOR - HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF FRANKLIN
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF NEW KENSINGTON
      • PAHRA Elects New President & Executive Board - Welcomes New Board Members
    •  September
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - Executive Director - Vision Together 2025
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - Compliance Specialist - Westmoreland County Housing Authority
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - MANAGEMENT AIDE SECTION 8 - ALTOONA HOUSING AUTHORITY
      • PHFA Issues RFP for PHARE Funding to Support Local Housing Initiatives
      • Employment Opportunity - Associate Director of Compliance & Housing Management Operations
    •  August
      • Governor Wolf Announces Funding for Affordable Rental Housing
      • Governor Wolf Announces 2020 PHARE Funding to Support Affordable Housing Across PA
    •  July
      • NIMBYism at the Highest Level - President Trump Rescinds AFFH Rule
      • 2020 PAHRA Board of Directors Elections Report
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT COORDINATOR - SEDA-Council of Governments
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CUMBERLAND COUNTY HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - PROPERTY MANAGER - HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF ARMSTRONG
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - COMPTROLLER - ALTOONA HOUSING AUTHORITY
      • PAHRA Announces 2020 Scholarship Awards
      • A Timely Message from PAHRA's Past President Senghor A. Manns
      • A FOND FAREWELL...AND A HEARTY WELCOME! PAHRA Board of Directors Updates
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - MONTGOMERY COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
    •  June
      • Preparing for Protesters to Return to Work: Employer Do's & Dont's
      • PHFA Podcast Series for Consumers Creates Growing Educational Archive
    •  May
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER - CITY OF UNIONTOWN
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - ARMSTRONG COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY - ROSS-SC
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY - CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM DIRECTOR
      • RFP - A&E Services - Housing Authority of the County of Dauphin
    •  April
      • HUD Awards PHA & the City of Philadelphia a $30 Milion Grant to Revitalize Sharswood Neighborhood
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - CUMBERLAND COUNTY HOUSING & REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - WESTMORELAND COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
    •  February
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - HOUSING COMPLIANCE CONSULTANT - M&L COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT, LLC
      • Keystone CORE Services Webinar - March 2
      • SENATE BILL 30, ESTABLISHING A STATE HOUSING TAX CREDIT, PASSES SENATE UNANIMOUSLY
    •  January
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - SECTION 8 MANAGER
      • REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS - CONSULTING SERVICES
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - LEHIGH COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - McKEESPORT HOUSING AUTHORITY
  • 2019
    •  December
      • PAHRA Monitor - Winter Edition - Now Available Online
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - LEHIGH COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
    •  November
      • 2020 Operating Funds Released into eLOCCS - President Signs Funding Measure Averting Government Shutdown Through December 20
    •  October
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - MULLIN & LONERGAN ASSOCIATES - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION/REPORTING SPECIALIST
      • PAHRA WELCOMES MS. ALICIA ZAZZERA TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
    •  September
      • MULTI-COUNTY PLAN TO END VETERAN HOMELESSNESS TOUTED A SUCCESS
      • PAHRA PRESENTS ANNUAL BELLAMY & BEST PRACTICES AWARDS
      • 2019 Issues of PAHRA Monitor Now Available Online
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGER
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - MAINTENANCE MECHANIC
      • REAC Deputy Assistant Secretary DJ LaVoy Transfers to USDA
      • FY 2020 Funding Update
      • PHFA Issues RFP - PHARE Applications Due Nov. 15
      • PHFA Issues RFP - PHARE Applications Due Nov. 15
    •  August
      • PHFA Issues RFP to Fund Mixed-Use Development Projects
      • PAHRA Monitor - Summer Edition - Now Available Online
      • READING HOUSING AUTHORITY & COMMUNITY PARTNERS CELEBRATE IMPROVEMENTS TO OAKBROOK PARK BASEBALL FIELD
      • Philadelphia Housing Authority's Sharswood Transformation Continues
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - HARTFORD LAND BANK - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
      • Housing Authority of the County of Chester Receives Award of Excellence
      • SEDA-Council of Governments Seeks Executive Director
    •  July
      • NOMINATIONS INVITED FOR NAHRO 2019 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
      • PhillySEEDS Awards College Scholarships to 70 PHA Residents
      • Kudos to 2019 LIHTC, PennHomes, and PHARE Funding Recipients
      • AWARD WINNING AGENCIES
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - LANCASTER CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY
    •  June
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE AT REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
      • FHLBank-Pittsburgh Announces AHP Online System Now Open for 2019 Application Input
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNTY - REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTMORELAND
      • PHARE Expansion Bill - SB 31 - Passes Committee
      • Congratulations PAHRA Members!
    •  May
      • PHFA ACCEPTING BIDS FOR PURCHASE OF MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDITS
      • PHFA ACCEPTING BIDS FOR PURCHASE OF MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDITS
      • HUD OFFICIALS TAKE "A CLOSER LOOK AT PUBLIC HOUSING"
      • NEW PHFA HOUSING POLICY FELLOWSHIP CREATED
      • FOR SECOND YEAR, FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN PA
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - MANAGEMENT AIDE (TENANT SELECTOR)
    •  March
      • PAHRA Spring Conference & Expo Registration Open!
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - DEPUTY DIRECTOR
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF ARMSTRONG
      • 2019 H&CD Priorities
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - FAYETTE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
      • Winter Edition of PAHRA Monitor now available online
    •  January
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - HDC MidAtlantic - Director of Property Management
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - SEDA-COG - HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM DIRECTOR
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - MULLIN & LONERGAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
  • 2018
    •  December
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - HOUSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - LEBANON COUNTY
      • Public Housing Managers / Assistant Public Housing Managers Wanted
    •  November
      • PHFA Recognizes State's Housing Counselors for Helping Consumers
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - HARRISBURG HOUSING AUTHORITY - DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS
    •  October
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - SEDA-COG - CHIEF OF HOUSING & WEATHERIZATION
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - FAYETTE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY - PROPERTY MANAGER
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
      • PHA Receives Mainstream Vouchers to Fight Homelessness
      • PAHRA PRESENTS ANNUAL BELLAMY & BEST PRACTICES AWARDS
      • PAHRA Legislative Committee Issues Call to Action at Annual Conference
      • PAHRA Monitor Summer 2018 Edition Now Available Online
    •  September
      • FAYETTE WILL BE FIRST TO ADOPT LAND BANK LEGISLATION
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - MRDA
    •  August
      • Development of Fayette County Business Park Could Create More Than 1,000 Jobs
      • PHA Prepares Kids for the Start of School
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - BERKS COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
      • $750,000 Awarded in Northumberland County to Battle Blight
    •  July
      • PHILLY SEEDS AWARDS $270,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS
      • THE PHOENIX RISES AGAIN
      • MARC ANNOUNCES SELECTIONS FOR 2018 AWARDS OF MERIT
    •  June
      • TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RELEASES PROPOSAL FOR REORGANIZING & CONSOLIDATING FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS.
      • PAHRA Monitor Spring 2018 Edition Now Available Online
    •  May
      • HUD Awards $161.8 Million in Capital Funds for PA Housing Authorities
      • PAHRA Invited to Join MARC NAHRO Day of Service
    •  April
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - Fiscal Assistant - HACW
      • Congratulations HUD-VASH Funding Recipients
    •  March
      • National Low Income Housing Coalition Update - Final FY 2018 Spending Bill Released
      • 412 Food Rescue Expands into 724 Area Code Through Partnership with Westmoreland County Housing Authority
    •  February
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - FHLBank-Pittsburgh
    •  January
      • PAHRA Monitor Winter 2017-18 Edition Now Available Online
      • PAHRA Hurricane Disaster Relief Task Force Provides More Important Information for Puerto Rican Evacuees
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - DEPUTY DIRECTOR - MERCER COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY
  • 2017
    •  December
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - PROPERTY MANAGER - YORK HOUSING AUTHORITY
      • PHA's Home Repair Partnership with Habitat for Humanity Highly Successful
    •  November
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - DEVELOPMENT ANALYST
    •  October
      • TEMPORARY CHANGE TO AHP INCOME LIMITS FOR HOUSEHOLDS DISPLACED BY HURRICANES
      • PHFA Announces Waiver for Emergency Housing Relief at LIHTC Properties in PA
      • SPOTLIGHT ON PAHRA DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS
      • PAHRA DISASTER RELIEF RESOURCES TAB NOW OPEN!
      • 2017 Annual Conference Presentations Available
    •  September
      • PAHRA PRESENTS ANNUAL BELLAMY & BEST PRACTICES AWARDS
      • PROPERTY MANAGER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - Armstrong County
      • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - Cambria County
      • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - McKean County
    •  August
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - CITY OF LANCASTER
      • SENATE BILL WOULD INCREASE INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
      • PAHRA Monitor Summer 2017 Edition Now Available Online
      • HUD Publishes Worst Case Housing Needs: 2017 Report to Congress
      • SENATE BILL WOULD GIVE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES LAND BANK POWERS
    •  July
      • FHLBank Pittsburgh Awards Corporate Contribution to PAHRA Scholarships
    •  June
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - YHA
      • 2017 PAHRA Monitor Spring Edition available online. Summer issue coming soon!
    •  May
      • Historic Transaction Will Transform Former PH Site to Intergenerational Community for Seniors and College Students
      • Allegheny County Fund Would Encourage More Landlords to Rent to Subsidized Tenants
      • PHA Partners with the City
    •  April
      • New PHARE Funding Supports Statewide Affordable Housing
      • EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - MARKETING COORDINATOR
      • Commonwealth Cornerstone Group allocates New Market Tax Credits
      • Educate & Advocate
    •  March
      • EveryHome: PAHRA Show of Solidarity for H&CD Awareness
    •  February
      • Employment Opportunity - Jefferson County Housing Authority - Deputy Executive Director
    •  January
      • HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER DIRECTOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
  • 2016
    •  December
      • PAHRA Monitor Winter Edition Now Online
      • PAHRA Members Receive FHLBank Pittsburgh AHP Funds
      • PHA Awarded More Funding to House Homeless Vets
    •  November
      • $80 Million in New Markets Tax Credits
      • Smoke-Free Public Housing Final Rule
    •  October
      • PHA Restructuring Means Thousands More Households Served
    •  September
      • Allegheny County Housing Authority Wins NAHRO Awards of Excellence
      • Housing Authority of the City of Erie Wins National Excellence Award
      • MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESOURCES AVAILABLE
      • PAHRA Monitor Summer 2016 Edition Now Online
    •  June
      • Transform Your Community - Keep America Beautiful
      • FHLBank Pittsburgh's Affordable Housing Program Now Open
    •  May
      • PAHRA Monitor Spring 2016 Now Available Online
    •  March
      • First Front Door Program Funds Now Available
      • HOUSING AWARENESS DAY 2016
    •  January
      • PAHRA Monitor Winter 2015-16 Now Available Online
  • 2015
    •  December
      • PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY INCREASES AFFORDABLE HOUSING
    •  November
      • PROGRESS ON THE FIGHT AGAINST BLIGHT
    •  September
      • GETTING TO KNOW YOU
      • TAKING A BITE OUT OF BLIGHT
      • PAHRA Monitor Summer 2015 Edition is Now Available Online
      • As Federal Funding Falls Off, York Housing Authority Looks to Create Revenue
    •  July
      • Breathing Life Into A Blight Community
      • Bank's Donated Chester County Homes Aid Hunt for Affordable Housing
    •  June
      • Mercer County Housing Authority, City of Sharon Promote Homeownership
      • Public Housing Can Benefit From Energy Efficiency
      • On Ridge Avenue, Progress Would Go By The Initials "PHA"
      • Bill Would Target Money to Fight the Blight
      • FHLBank First Time Homebuyer Grants Now Available
    •  May
      • Allegheny County Housing Authority Seeks Assistant Residential Property Manager
    •  April
      • PAHRA Monitor Spring 2015 Edition is Now Available Online
      • Shamokin, Coal Township Get Judge's OK
    •  March
      • Philadelphia Housing Authority Maintains AA Investment Grade Credit Rating
      • Senate Designates Housing Awareness Day in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
      • Chester County Housing Authority Launches Community Partnership to Find Homes for 100 Veterans in 100 Days
    •  February
      • HUD Trims Housing Authority Funding
      • Small Non-Profit Groups Losing Property Tax Exemption
      • Make Noise in the Fight Against Blight
      • Fight on Blight More Solid Than One Would Think
      • Bethlehem Housing Authority Honors 18-Year-Old Cancer Survivor with Annual Community Service Award
    •  January
      • Budget Cuts Put a Big Hole in Housing Authority Security
      • FHLBank Pittsburgh Low-Rate Lending for Housing & Economic Development
      • Chester Housing Authority Gives Ex-Convicts a Second Chance
      • Judge Ends Oversight of Chester Housing Authority
      • 2014: The Year PHA Ramped Up Development, Service and Resident Participation
      • PAHRA Monitor Winter 2014-15 Edition is Now Available Online.
  • 2014
    •  October
      • Loans Spark Activity with Corry Redevelopment Authority
      • How Land Banks Help Eliminate Blight
      • Drive Aims to Shelter Parolees, Homeless
    •  September
      • Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) Limits to See Action by PA House this Week
    •  August
      • Section 8 Change Brings $22K in Delinquent Garbage Fees
      • PAHRA Monitor Summer Edition Now Available!
    •  July
      • Philly Seeds Awards Scholarships to PHA Residents
      • Growing Housing Fund and Investments
    •  June
      • Philadelphia Housing Authority and Labor Unions Reach Historic Partnership
      • The Tragic Truth
      • Senate Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Approves Bill to Increase State Support for Affordable Housing Program
    •  May
      • New Era Has Dawned for Chester Housing Authority
    •  April
      • Lots of Growth: The Land Bank Could Boost City Neighborhoods
      • Housing Authority Program Helps Chester Residents Get In Shape
      • Senator John Blake and State Housing Experts Gather to Tackle Affordable Housing Crisis
    •  March
      • Governor Corbett Announces Grant Funding for Housing Modifications for Individuals with Disabilities
      • Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Receives $227,000 HUD Grant to Promote Fair Housing in Southeast and Central PA
      • Funding Policies Could Change with New Program
      • East End Housing Plan Received $1M in Tax Credits
      • Philadelphia Housing Authority: Blumberg Redevelopment Awarded Tax Credit Funding
      • Hempfield Housing Complex for Low-Income Senior Citizens Approved in Westmoreland
      • Allentown Alone, for Now, in Purging Public Housing Waiting Lists for Online Move
    •  January
      • PAHRA Monitor Winter Edition Now Available!
  • 2013
    •  October
      • Butler County Housing Authority Continues Section 8 Conversion
      • Housing Authority Can't Be Neglected
      • Westmoreland County Housing Authority News
    •  September
      • Sequestration Hits Home in Allegheny County
    •  May
      • Housing Blight Targeted: Program Has More Than $1M
    •  April
      • Sequestration Impacts Pennsylvania
    •  March
      • PAHRA Monitor for Winter/Spring 2013 Now Available!
    •  February
      • Housing Authority of the City of Erie Celebrates 75th Anniversary!
    •  January
      • FHLBank Announces 2013 Affordable Housing Program Information

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