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...
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...
Nashville’s most prominent landlord has retired. Jerry “Coach” Seay began as a social worker in 1975 and left the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency on Feb. 2 after a 19-year stint as director of asset management. “They picked the best person for the job,” said Assistant...
The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency will accept applications for two and three bedroom market rate units from 7:30 a.m. Feb. 2 until 4 p.m. Feb. 27., 2015. Applications are available online only at www.nashville-mdha.org. Market rate units are located at the following properties: Vine Hill...
Willie “Peaches” Manning, a longtime community liaison for the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, died Saturday. She was 77. “Peaches was a great ambassador for MDHA and was respected by everyone who knew her,” said MDHA Director of Asset Management Jerry Seay. “The work she...
Park Avenue Enhanced Option Elementary School students living in Andrew Jackson Courts will have a warmer winter break, thanks to the community’s donation of 30 coats. Residents in the property’s leadership te am identified children in need and distributed coats Dec. 19 at the kids’ bus...
Applications Open for Homeowner Rehab Program The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency is accepting applications for its Homeowner Rehabilitation Program, which is designed to correct health and safety issues in Davidson County owner-occupied homes. The program preserves existing affordable housing stock by providing assistance to repair...