NHPF Quarterly Newsletters

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NHPF Receives Funding for NUBA Apartments in Boston

The NHP Foundation has been awarded $2.5M from the Mayor’s Office of Housing for NUBA Apartments, a new mid-rise building containing 60 units of mixed-income housing and seven live/work units affordable to households with area median incomes between 30% AMI-120% AMI in Nubian Square area of the Roxbury Neighborhood of Boston. NHPF and Urbanica were selected to co-develop Parcel 8 through a competitive RFP process that promotes City goals to affirmatively further fair housing, and efficiently utilize City resources and/or land to increase the supply of housing available to low- and moderate-income households.

Families Start Moving into the Strand Residences, Washington, DC This quarter, Leshada Stewart moved into her beautiful new apartment in the Strand Residences. Leshada is a single mother with a 6-month old baby who had been waiting for this moment for almost a year; she thought, at times, it might never happen. When she entered the new unit, she was overjoyed, jumping and running around saying “This is great and thank you, God.” A very great moment, indeed.

Our Top 3 Picks in this Quarter The first quarter of 2022 is full of important reads, engaging listening, and good viewing on the subjects of housing, homelessness, and social justice. Check these out. 1. Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems by Jennie Schuetz, Brookings Institute. A solid comprehensive proposal to fix the many, many things wrong with the nation’s housing systems. 2. Changemakers: An Affordable Housing Community Solutions Podcast. Hosted by Quadel President Katie Goar in Partnership with ForbesBooks Radio. Every Tuesday at 2:00 pm EST. 3. Yes, there are ghosts in the new film Master, Mariama Diallo's compelling debut horror film starring Regina Hall about an overwhelmingly white New England college where three Black women are trying to find their place.

THE NHPF QUARTERLY MARCH 2022