There are 11 article(s) tagged Memphis Housing Authority:

• October 2022

  • Borda Towers and Venson Center part of $58M renovation project

    Louisiana-based developer partners with Memphis Housing Authority on $58 million renovation project for 421 units at the Borda Towers and Venture Center in Downtown. 

    By Neil Strebig October 20, 2022

• March 2022

  • About Town: College Park begins transition to affordable housing

    Six months after residents at College Park, a government-subsidized housing complex in South Memphis, received letters informing them they would need to temporarily move out due to renovations, the site’s new owners hosted a groundbreaking ceremony. 

    By Julia Baker March 18, 2022

  • Public-private partnership takes over College Park, Uptown housing

    Seven public housing sites across the city have been sold as part of a new plan to renovate and complete deferred maintenance on the units. 

    By Bill Dries March 15, 2022

• February 2022

  • Public housing relocations rankle Uptown developer

    “I built those houses,” said Henry Turley. “There’s nothing wrong with those houses that should cause the residents to have to move out.”

    By David Waters February 18, 2022

  • From Hurt Village to Uptown to where? Public housing residents forced, again, to move

    For the second time in a generation, residents are on the move as MHA “converts” public housing to privately managed properties.

    By David Waters February 09, 2022

• December 2021

  • DMC wants to expand South City Good Neighbor Grant program

    The Downtown Memphis Commission affiliate Center City Development Corp. will decide whether to expand the South City Good Neighbor Grant program when it meets Wednesday, Dec. 15. 

    By Rob Moore December 12, 2021

• June 2021

  • Memphis Housing Authority head to retire

    Marcia E. Lewis is retiring as the CEO of the Memphis Housing Authority effective Aug. 28.

    By Bill Dries June 22, 2021

• May 2020

  • Kindness Blog: Restaurateurs provide masks for MHA residents

    Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 20, 2020

• November 2019

  • Work to begin on third, fourth phases of Foote Park at South City

    Construction on the third phase of Foote Park at South City on the west side of Danny Thomas Boulevard is to be completed by June 2021. 

    By Elle Perry November 04, 2019

• October 2018

  • SafeWays partners with MHA

    The crime prevention nonprofit group SafeWays is partnering with the Memphis Housing Authority to work in eight public housing high rises and communities as well as mixed-income communities on what were once MHA developments.

    By Bill Dries October 03, 2018