Non-profit affiliated with Yonkers Housing Authority is selected to participate in program nurturing innovative housing developers YONKERS, NY (July 18, 2024) — The Mulford Corp has been named as one of eight housing providers across the country to receive a $25,000 grant and technical support for its innovative programs to create more affordable housing. Module, [...]
Project Is One of Few Affordable Housing Projects in the Nation That Uses Energy Saving Passive House Design From left, Sharmi Sobhan, Managing Director, Chase Community Development Banking; Yonkers City Councilwoman Tasha Diaz, Denise Egiziaco, Yonkers Housing Authority Board Member and Mayor Spano’s Chief of Staff; HUD Regional Administrator Alicka Ampry-Samuel; Westchester County Executive [...]
The Yonkers Housing Authority has received a $1 million federal grant that will allow it to build on the already substantial work it has done to address environmental justice in underserved communities in Southwest Yonkers. The grant from the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection will fund a number of initiatives aimed at addressing the negative [...]
Tribute to hometown hero Mary J. Blige is part of Public Art project partnership between Yonkers Housing Authority and Yonkers Arts YONKERS, NY (April 2023) – In recognition of local talent that has come out of the City of Yonkers and its public housing, a new mural tribute to singer, songwriter Mary J. Blige was [...]
Westchester Municipal Planning Federation presents planning achievement award to the Yonkers Housing Authority and City of Yonkers on May 30 From left to right: Jaime Martinez, Yonkers Planning Director; Karen Ramos, Acting Planning Commissioner and Jim Cavanaugh, former Planning Commissioner and YIDA President. YONKERS, NY (June 11, 2024) – Yonkers Housing Authority’s decades long [...]
Yonkers Housing Authority is pioneering modular Passive House construction to provide climate resistant housing for senior citizens From left, Tanaya Srini, Senior Advisor for Innovation, Policy Development & Research, HUD; Kara Magoolaghan, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mulford Corporation; Wilson Kimball, President & CEO, Yonkers Housing Authority; NYS Commissioner of Housing and Community Renewal RuthAnne Visnauskas; [...]
City, County and State Officials Dedicate Playscape at The Ridgeway Mixed-Income Residential Community From left, Victor Sostar, Executive VP, Regions Financial Corporation; City Council Member Shanae Williams; Betsy Mallow, COO, Homes and Community Renewal; Jesse Batus, Regional VP of Development, NY/NJ, The Community Builders; MHACY Board Member Joan Deierlein; Mayor Mike Spano; Deputy [...]
YHA Partnership with Westhab will help to Preserve Affordable Housing in Yonkers Yonkers Housing Authority is using Section 8 Vouchers to Expand and Preserve Affordable Housing YONKERS, NY (May 12, 2023) – Low-income residents will be able to stay in their affordable housing units thanks to a new partnership between The Yonkers Housing Authority [...]
The Yonkers Housing Authority Announces New Hire Danielle Brown Joins Yonkers Housing Authority as Assistant Leased Housing Director January 18, 2023 (Yonkers, NY) - The Yonkers Authority has announced a new hire for its organization. Danielle Brown has been named Assistant Leased Housing Director. Brown joins the YHA with an extensive background managing real [...]
YONKERS, NY (December 2022) -- The Yonkers Housing Authority (YHA) and The Community Builders (TCB) have been working together for more than a decade to redevelop the 1940s-era Cottage Place Gardens public housing complex into The Ridgeway, a modern mixed-income community in Southwest Yonkers. To date, the six-phase master plan has built 327 affordable [...]