Mayor Karl Dean, state commissioners, local veterans and officials from Buffalo Valley Inc. and the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency celebrated the topping out of an affordable housing community for homeless veterans Thursday morning. Located on Williams Avenue in Madison, Patriot Place is expected to...
Dozens of elementary students have put their creative touches on Cumberland View to make the neighborhood where they live much brighter. Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary School second, third and fourth-grade students, teachers, parents and local artist Andee Rudloff covered three sides of the apartment’s...
Rental Assistance Administrative Plan Amendment Public Hearing: The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) is requesting public comment on proposed changes to the Rental Assistance Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan. The Administrative Plan sets forth MDHA’s policies for the operation of the Housing Choice Voucher Program...
Like clockwork, the Parthenon Towers lobby fills with large crowds every midday Thursday. Hands sift through plastic baskets full of potatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, tomatoes and other harvests. “I really like this service. It is cheaper and more convenient to come downstairs than to walk,” said Martha...
MDHA Executive Director Jim Harbison joined the Rev. Bill Barnes, Mayor Karl Dean, Urban Housing Solutions Executive Director Rusty Lawrence and community leaders on April 10 to break ground on a nearly $3.2 million affordable housing complex in North Nashville. The Barnes Fund for Affordable Housing,...
Some public housing residents and property staff have more in common than living and working in the same location. “I lived in public housing. And like so many of our residents, I am a single parent too,” said Alishia Marshall, property manager at J. Henry Hale...