Preservation of Affordable Housing

Thank you to Nathan Rubbelke from the St. Louis Business Journal for bringing attention to this exciting project.

Built in 1942 and situated on approximately 24 acres in the historic Peabody-Darst-Webbe neighborhood, Clinton-Peabody is the oldest public housing development in St. Louis. This community-led effort aims to build a mixed income and mixed-use development that meets the needs of modern families. Through an intentional community-centric approach, POAH guarantees the master plan will reflect the community’s vision and honor past, current, and future residents.

$150M redevelopment of public housing complex to begin in 2025 | Preservation of Affordable Housing By Nathan Rubbelke, St. Louis Business Journal "The developer of a $150 million project to overhaul the city of St. Louis' oldest public housing complex said Wednesday it's seeking to begin construction on the project in 2025. The $31.1 million first phase of the redevelopment project, led by nonpro...

“This historic housing legislation will provide unprecedented new resources to expand affordable housing production and preservation initiatives across the Commonwealth. We are grateful to the Healey-Driscoll Administration and the Massachusetts legislature for ensuring that the housing needs of low- and moderate-income residents are at the forefront of their policy agenda.” - Aaron Gornstein, President and CEO of POAH

Governor Maura Healey Signs Most Ambitious Legislation to Address Housing Costs in State History Affordable Homes Act to build or save 65,000 homes through $5.1 billion in authorizations and 49 policy initiatives

Residents at Trinity Towers South, a POAH property in Florida, celebrated Christmas in July with a tropical decorated tree, a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, and Christmas carols! A festive time was had by all. Thank you Metz Culinary Management for sponsoring this wonderful time.

Thank you The Chicago Southland Journal for sharing this important acquisition for POAH!

“This acquisition is important for POAH as a nonprofit that has been rescuing at risk properties in the City of Chicago since 2008” said Bill Eager, Senior Vice President for POAH’s Midwest office. "We look forward to restoring the long-term health of these properties so that we can continue to provide this much-needed affordable housing for this community.”






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Poah acquires Harvest Commons and Warren Ashland Apartments Heartland’s portfolio of Chicago and Wisconsin properties went into receivership in 2023, and this acquisition represents the preservation of two of the largest of those assets.

Happy National Intern Day to all of our amazing interns here at POAH!

This summer, we have had the honor of having Amanda C., Mclys, Daviana, Bailey, Wilton, Anya, Amanda O., Peggy and Kira join us in supporting our mission, all while learning, growing, and collaborating along the way. Our interns span across several departments and are all instrumental in the work we do.

Thank you for spending your summer with us!

Summer is for Ice Cream!! With all this hot summer weather we've been having, POAH residents at Peter's Grove Apartments in Hudson, MA enjoyed a community Ice Cream Social event last week. With different flavors and toppings everyone had their own sweet treat to beat the heat.

Love getting to connect and play with our peers in affordable housing! Great game!! Can't wait for August with our friends WinnCompanies

"Roxbury affordable housing development goes fully electric — even when the power goes out"

Thank you Avery Bleichfeld from Bay State Banner for sharing how The Kenzi at Bartlett Station is an innovative model in the City of Boston. Read about the all-electric housing and how it all works here: https://baystatebanner.com/2024/07/18/roxbury-affordable-housing-development-goes-fully-electric-even-when-the-power-goes-out/

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Roxbury affordable housing development goes fully electric — even when the power goes out - The Bay State Banner Down the street from Nubian Square, in a little room on the outside of a new affordable housing building, two enormous cabinets hum away.

City financing approved for The Ave The Chicago City Council has approved $25 million in multi-family housing revenue bond financing for The Ave. Chosen as the winner of the Chicago Ave Invest South/West RFP site back at the end of 2021, The Ave will occupy the property at 3601 W. Chicago between N.

The POAH Communities family is devastated by the news of Mr. Beard's passing. Our heart breaks for his family, friends, and the community he served as a pastor, neighbor, and mentor.

As a professional in his role as Regional Director of Facilities, he embodied the values he lived by in the other aspects of his life; he was dedicated to the people he served, his co-workers, and the opportunity to make residents feel at home.

We thank the greater Chicago community for their prayers in the search for Mr. Beard and we hope the many messages of love and strength will comfort his family and everyone he touched throughout his life.

Thank you WBZ NewsRadio for sharing our efforts of renewable energy at one of POAH's newest residences, The Kenzi at Bartlett Station, the first mid-rise apartment building in Boston to be completely fossil fuel free.






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A Roxbury Apartment Is First Of Its Kind To Ditch Fossil Fuels | WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Home of Traffic and Weather Together on the 3s. Breaking news when it happens. Boston's source for local news. An iHeartRadio station.

Thank you to Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, MassHousing, Dellbrook JKS, and LabNine Modular for joining us on a site tour of Clarendon Hill in Somerville, MA, one of the first high-rise modular buildings in New England, and for a tour of the Lab9 assembly line of the modular units being constructed.

Residents at Trinity Towers in Melbourne, FL enjoyed a whole week of Resident Appreciation! The team put together 5 amazing activities for 5 fun-filled days.

Monday: Pajama & Coffee Party
Tuesday: Village Market
Wednesday: Luau Barbecue
Thursday: Yappy Hour Pet Party
Friday: Pizza Party and Raffle

Thank you to our many sponsors for helping make this happen!
Angels Bridging Gaps
United Healthcare
CarePlus
Sea Pines
ClinCloud Memory Center
Home Instead
Concierge Home Care
Prime Care Pharmacy
Metz Culinary
Nancy's Salon

Harvest Commons and Warren Ashland in Chicago celebrated the start of summer with a Summer Kick-Off Barbecue! The management team grilled, while residents enjoyed socializing and giveaways, including t-shirts and water bottles perfect for the summer heat.

Happy 4th of July from all of us at POAH and POAH Communities! We hope everyone has a fun (but safe!) holiday 🎆

Congratulations to Nneka, Douglas, Abigail, Monique, Jimmy, Bryant, Chera, Ronald, Latarsha and Armetta for 5 years working at POAH Communities! Each person on our team is essential to supporting our mission. Thank you for all of your hard work over these last 5 years!

Residents from Peter's Grove had a great laugh at their Tenant Assistance Program (TAP) event! TAP, by MassHousing, is a wonderful resource for our communities. Site teams and residents are able to access engagement programs, trainings, mediation services and more.

To learn more about TAP and to enroll, visit their website here:
masshousing.com/programs-outreach/housing-stability/tap

Thank you to The Boston Globe for mentioning ⁦POAH's modular construction at Clarendon Hill in Somerville, MA. This innovative technology is resulting in significant cost savings for taxpayers while providing high quality affordable homes for low-income families.

You can read the article here:
www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/26/business/housing-costs-federal-grant/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results

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Housing costs so much to build. What if they did it on an assembly line? - The Boston Globe The Metropolitan Area Planning Council and a consortium of cities were awarded a $3 million grant to study the idea of bringing a modular housing plant — in other words, a house factory — to Greater Boston.

Corcoran Place in Chicago celebrated all of the amazing dads in the community with a Fathers Day Luncheon. They enjoyed food, gifts and great company!

We are excited for what's to come at Spring Rock Village, Town of Brewster, Cape Cod! As a recipient of the 2024 Affordable Housing Development Grant Awards announced by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (Governor Maura Healey) and Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus (Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities). A total of $227 million in state and federal tax credits and subsidies will support the creation or preservation of 1,874 rental units across Massachusetts.

Spring Rock Village, a largely affordable housing development to be built by nonprofits Preservation of Affordable Housing and Housing Assistance, will receive $6.7 million in state funding according to an announcement by Governor Maura Healey and Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) Secretary Ed Augustus on June 20. To read more about the project and funding visit https://buff.ly/4cjQrEY

CDC approved up to $11.5 million in TIF support for the planned rehabilitation of five residential buildings at 4431 N. Clifton Ave., 927 W. Wilson Ave., 900 W. Windsor Ave., 847 W. Sunnyside Ave., and 4130 N. Kenmore Ave. in Uptown.

Thank you to our partners at the Chicago Department of Housing and Voice of the People Uptown Chicago for moving this deal forward. Preserving affordable housing in gentrifying communities such as Uptown is critical to maintaining opportunities for all Chicagoans.

POAH's Clarendon Hill (Somerville, MA) & Spring Rock Village (Brewster, MA) received 2024 Affordable Housing Development Grant Awards, announced today by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (Governor Maura Healey)and Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus (Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities).

Read more here:
poah.org/news/two-poah-properties-receive-funding-awards-healey-driscoll-administration-announcing-227

Senator Dick Durbin joins officials, funders, supporters and residents to celebrate kick off of renovations at Island Terrace affordable housing.

Project marks $117 million investment in affordable apartments just blocks from the under-construction Obama Presidential Center.

Press Release: https://bit.ly/3RCrBYO

Photo: State Senator Robert Peters (Senator Robert Peters), POAH President/CEO Aaron Gornstein, Chicago Housing Commissioner Lissette Castaneda (Chicago Department of Housing), IHDA Executive Director Kristin Faust (Illinois Housing Development Authority), Island Terrace resident Bernadine Gibson, Senator Durbin (Senator Dick Durbin), HUD Great Lakes Administrator Diane M. Shelley (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development), POAH Midwest Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development Bill Eager (Preservation of Affordable Housing Chicago)

Thank you WGN Morning News for sharing the work being done to preserve Island Terrace.

$117M affordable housing preservation project gets underway near Obama Presidential Center A $117 million project will renovate each of the more than 200 units at the Island Terrace Apartments in Woodlawn.

Thank you to Senator Dick Durbin Illinois Housing Development Authority U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and everyone who came to celebrate the preservation of Island Terrace Apartments.

Tune in tomorrow here on POAH's Facebook as we celebrate the preservation of Island Terrace Apartments with Illinois Housing Development Authority!

An exciting rehab of long-term affordable housing in Chicago’s Woodlawn community. We will be live streaming on Friday, June 14th at 10AM CST (11AM EST).

Residents at Meadowbrook Apartments, a POAH community in Florence, MA will now enjoy their very own community garden thanks to a wonderful partnership with Grow Food Northampton! Grow Food Northampton is generously providing plants and helping to support the organization of the garden and ongoing engagement with residents. We can’t wait to see the garden bloom!