|May 18, 2021 at 6:01 PM EDT - Updated May 18 at 6:39 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Savannah Housing Authority is looking into asking federal officials for permission to demolish one of the city’s biggest and oldest low-income housing developments.
The Housing Authority of Savannah says they got an assessment done on the property, and that survey found that it would take $40 million to bring Yamacraw Village up to current affordable housing standards. The executive director says that makes it eligible for HUD to consider demolishing it.
Yamacraw Village was built 1940. It is the Housing Authority of Savannah’s oldest property in their portfolio. They say in the last 80 years housing needs and standards have changed.
After years of low inspection scores, Savannah Housing Authority looks to demolish Yamacraw Village
Application will be submitted to consider demolishing Yamacraw Village By Bria Bolden, Jessica Savage, and Sean Evans | May 18, 2021 at 6:01 PM EDT - Updated May 18 at 6:39 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The Savannah Housing Authority is looking into asking federal officials for permission to demolish one of the cityâs biggest and oldest low-income housing developments.
The Housing Authority of Savannah says they got an assessment done on the property, and that survey found that it would take $40 million to bring Yamacraw Village up to current affordable housing standards. The executive director says that makes it eligible for HUD to consider demolishing it.
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FREEPORT VOICES of Stephenson County is starting construction on a shelter for survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
The facility will be located at the nonprofit s Freeport headquarters and will be the first shelter in Stephenson County devoted solely to domestic and sexual violence survivors.
“We long have dreamed about operating a short-term emergency shelter because the need is so great in our area, and the pieces are falling into place to enable us to open the shelter to benefit those we serve and the community at large,” said Beth Maskell, VOICES of Stephenson County executive director.
VOICES serves 700 survivors annually, and the number increased during the pandemic.
Glenn Heightsâ Oldest Neighborhood Gets Water, Road Improvements
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Mesa Addition Gets Infrastructure Upgrades
GLENN HEIGHTS – Late last month the City of Glenn Heights began a Capital Project in the city to improve both water and roads in the cityâs oldest neighborhood. The water main and road improvements project began on April 29.
Earlier in April the City of Glenn Heights began the process of the improvements as the long anticipated capital project was finally underway in the cityâs Mesa Addition. The project is being led by the cityâs contract partner Douglas Daley Construction. It will include the replacement of six-inch water lines with eight-inch lines to improve water flow and capacity and reduce the number of water line breaks within the neighborhood.