Just as U.S. cities have become bastions of disparity, so too are their neighborhoods. Particularly in this era of spatial dispersion, when rich people settle in centrally-located areas and poor people in the suburbs, it isn’t hard to pick out the right and wrong sides of town.
Last year’s inaugural round totaled almost $3.8M to help build or acquire 160 units. This year’s funds total over $16.2M.
Telehealth has become a widely accepted and important component of the overall healthcare structure in the United States.
Substandard, unaffordable housing can damage the health of its residents – potentially causing problems like asthma or exacerbating ailments like hypertension.
Six giant health companies are contributing millions of dollars to help build housing in Portland, OR.
The round funded almost $3.8M to help build or acquire 160 affordable housing units. That leaves the majority of funds, over $26M, on the table for the second funding round.
The Council welcomes and encourages public input.
The Affordable Care Act is helping revolutionize America’s healthcare delivery system by embracing personalized care at home – akin to the old country doctor visits from a bygone era. Home-based care may eliminate, or at least delay, the need for placement in nursing homes and gives aging Americans the opportunity to retain their independence and dignity.
The intersection of housing and healthcare is a fascinating topic that I keep coming back to in this column and in my work with NH&RA.
Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) has released its 2016 NOFA for the new Mental Health Housing funds. This is a new funding source with differing requirements and scoring from other OHCS funding programs. A scoring committee will competitively score 4 sections of the application.
Which of the following is most critical for improving and stabilizing the lives of low-income and homeless individuals and families?
Developers, like renown bank robber Willy Sutton, naturally go where the money is. Yet for far too long, one place they have not been able to go as a potentially huge source of money to create quality affordable housing has been health care. That may be changing, and for the better.