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Carolyn Price refuses to push herself past her limits. The 77-year-old asks her relatives or neighbors to get items from high shelves when she needs them, and she knows where the flaws are in the carpeting of the Little Rock apartment she has called home since January 2010. “I know where to step, how to […] The post Private management of subsidized housing creates problems for low-income older Arkansans appeared first on Arkansas Advocate.

Residents of the Fred W. Parris Towers public housing complex in Little Rock on Tuesday raised concerns about the living situation there when members of the Little Rock housing authoritys board paid a visit to the high-rise to conduct their monthly meeting.

The 74 apartments at the Sunset Terrace complex in Little Rock will be gutted and redone in a monthslong construction project set to begin in October, according to the citys federally funded housing authority and the private developer set to manage the complex.

The Texas development firm that previously managed three low-income housing properties in Little Rock has sued the city's public housing agency over breach of contract allegations, according to federal court documents.

The Texas development firm that previously managed three low-income housing properties in Little Rock has sued the city's public housing agency over breach of contract allegations, according to federal court documents.

Little Rock's public housing authority expects to turn a profit in 2022 after its governing board approved the elimination of several jobs as part of next year's budget.

Little Rock's public housing authority expects to turn a profit in 2022 after its governing board approved the elimination of several jobs as part of next year's budget.

Little Rock's federally funded public housing agency cut ties with the Texas development company that managed three low-income housing properties after maintenance and upkeep problems went unresolved.