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May 6, 2013 Publication

2011-2012 Annual Report

2011-2012 Annual Report

The PHA's current annual report is now available:
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May 1, 2013 Video

Saint Paul Fire Chief Recognizes Sprinkler Program

On May 1, 2013 Fire Chief Tim Butler recognized the hard work of 23 Saint Paul Public Housing Employees for their dedication to a 20-year long fire sprinkler installation project.

May 1 , 2013 Article

KSTP.com: PHA Finishes Installing Sprinklers in High-Rise Buildings

Hundreds of St. Paul's low-income, senior, and disabled residents are safer tonight thanks to a massive project to install sprinklers in more than a dozen high-rise buildings.
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April 30 , 2013 Article

TwinCities.com: St. Paul Fire Chief to Honor Workers Who Installed Sprinklers in Public Housing

St. Paul Fire Chief Tim Butler will present community service awards to 23 St. Paul Public Housing Agency workers Wednesday, May 1, for their roles in a two-decade-long program to install fire sprinklers in all 16 of the agency's high-rise apartment buildings. Full Text >

April 30, 2013 Media Release

Fire Chief to Recognize PHA For 20 Year Fire Sprinkler Program

Saint Paul Fire Chief Tim Butler will commend twenty-three employees of the Saint Paul Public Housing Agency (PHA) for their roles in completing a massive two decades-long program for fitting all of the PHA's sixteen high rise apartment buildings with fire sprinklers.
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April 15, 2013 Article

MinnPost: After Six Years, She Finally Got Section 8 Housing - and Then Lost It

How would you feel if you finally got something that you'd waited six years for only to have it suddenly yanked away? Full Text >

April 11, 2013 Article

Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Federal Rent Subsidies Vanish for Many Low-Income Minnesotans

Low-income people who had been told they were going to get Section 8 subsidies were surprised to learn that money's on hold, thanks to sequestration. Full Text >

April 2, 2013 Press Release

Saint Paul Public Housing Agency Announces the Modernization of its Dunedin Terrace Family Development

On Thursday, April 11, 2013 the Saint Paul Public Housing Agency (PHA) will mark the beginning of a multi-million dollar upgrade of its Dunedin Terrace public housing development. The 88 rental units in 22 four-plex townhomes were originally built for low income families in 1964, along with the adjacent Dunedin Hi-Rise for elderly residents.
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March 27, 2013 History of St. Paul Public Housing Agency

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March 26, 2013 Professor Edward G. Goetz Book Launch and Public Housing Discussion

New Deal Ruins: Race, Economic Justice, & Public Housing Policy

Professor Edward Goetz and Executive Director Jon Gutzmann spoke about the value of and ongoing need for public housing, and about St. Paul as an example of how public housing can work. They also discussed the challenges of continuing to run public housing at a time when federal resources are being withdrawn.
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Board Actions

April 24, 2013 Board Actions

On April 24, 2013, the Saint Paul Housing Agency (PHA) Board of Commissioners approved the following actions: Construction of a Six-Plex Townhomes at Roosevelt Homes; Renew Blue Cross/Blue Shield Medical and Delta Dental Insurance Policies; and Refuse Hauling services for Mt. Airy Homes, Roosevelt Homes, Scattered Sites areas 1-4 and McDonough Homes. Copies of these Board reports are available here… Link >

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