volunteers of america
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Fire crews encountered heavy smoke and fire in a Fayette Street building Sunday afternoon - The Howard County Housing Commission has contracted Volunteers of America Chesapeake to provide clinical case management services to approximately 33 households receiving rental assistance through the commission.
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- Policymakers must take a holistic approach to affordable housing.
- Shoppers have their lives mapped out for them more than ever before over Thanksgiving weekend, the traditional kickoff to the holiday selling season
- A dilemma arose on Nov. 29, 2012, at a local trailer park off of Route 1. A meeting was held to alert the residents of Beechcrest Mobile Home Park that Howard County Housing, in association with the Volunteers of America organization, was claiming their land in order to build a homelessness, substance abuse, and unemployment recovery center. They were given until Nov. 19 of the next year to pack up and get out so that the county could begin construction of the multi-million dollar project.
- Howard County government announced plans last week to build 30 efficiency apartments and a day center for the homeless on eight acres purchased for $3.25 million near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32.
- Howard County government officials announced plans last week to build 30 efficiency apartments and a day center for the homeless near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32, effectively ruling out the Beechcrest Mobile Home Park in North Laurel as a site for a homeless shelter.
- Howard County takes important step in fighting homelessness.
- Howard County government has purchased eight acres of land near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 32 for $3.25 million with the intention of building thirty apartments and a day shelter for the homeless.
- A team of 90 volunteers painted and cleaned the playground at the Pratt House to prepare the site for an overhaul next month.
- As temperatures drop, be ready to help the homeless
- Residents living in and around North Laurel's Beechcrest Mobile Home Park lashed out at Howard County officials Thursday saying they were not properly notified of the county's plan to build an apartment complex for the chronically homeless.
- The Howard County Housing Commission has bought land on U.S. 1 for an apartment complex for homeless people, part of a broad strategy meant to end homelessness in the county.
- A group of local housing advocates have put together the necessary documents to present to the County Council for recognition as the nonprofit that will provide affordable housing in downtown Columbia.
