Master Developer Selected
Reaching a major milestone in Jordan Downs Redevelopment, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) has entered into a Master Developer Agreement with The Michaels Organization and BRIDGE Housing Corporation. Both entities are industry leaders. The Michaels Organization has worked with 20 public housing authorities on large-scale transformations of distressed public housing into modern, sustainable, mixed-income communities affordable to families. BRIDGE Housing Corporation is a premier nonprofit developer of affordable housing, creates and manages a range of high-quality, affordable homes for working families and seniors.
This is a significant accomplishment. For several years, HACLA has engaged residents and stakeholders in developing the plans for transforming Jordan Downs. This nationally recognized team, with a proven track record of successful public housing redevelopment and affordable housing development, will implement the plan.
For more information, please visit http://www.hacla.org/attachments/wysiwyg/10/MDA.pdf .
On the Road to Economic Self-Sufficiency: SHIELDS for Families at Jordan Downs
This is a significant accomplishment. For several years, HACLA has engaged residents and stakeholders in developing the plans for transforming Jordan Downs. This nationally recognized team, with a proven track record of successful public housing redevelopment and affordable housing development, will implement the plan.
For more information, please visit http://www.hacla.org/attachments/wysiwyg/10/MDA.pdf .
On the Road to Economic Self-Sufficiency: SHIELDS for Families at Jordan Downs
The cornerstone of our investment in Jordan Downs residents, SHIELDS for Families (SHIELDS) was selected to provide a one-stop shop for services to help residents become more economically self-sufficient. With a consortium of agencies, SHIELDS works with Jordan Downs residents to increase family self-sufficiency and to improve academic achievement. Specifically this consists of: (1) comprehensive family needs assessments, (2) development of family action plans and (3) coordination of services and tracking of progress. Incorporated in 1991, SHIELDS For Families is a non-profit agency dedicated to developing, delivering and evaluating culturally sensitive comprehensive services models.
New HACLA President & CEO
After a national search, the HACLA Board of Commissioners selected Doug Guthrie to serve as HACLA’s President & CEO. Doug had been serving as Interim President and CEO of HACLA since December 2011. He joined the City as the General Manager of the Los Angeles Housing Department in December 2009. In that capacity, he managed the City’s primary affordable housing development programs. Just prior, he was the President of Kimball Hill Urban Centers, a developer of large scale mixed use and mixed income housing developments in Chicago. Doug also held various positions in the City of Chicago, including Chief Operating Officer of the Chicago Housing Authority and Deputy Housing Commissioner.
For more information, please visit http://www.hacla.org/attachments/wysiwyg/10/HACLA_CEO.pdf
For more information about any of the above, contact john.king@hacla.org/213-252-5464 or Susan Kim at susan.kim@hacla.org/213-252-1873.
And remember, WATTS IS WORTH IT!!!
New HACLA President & CEO
After a national search, the HACLA Board of Commissioners selected Doug Guthrie to serve as HACLA’s President & CEO. Doug had been serving as Interim President and CEO of HACLA since December 2011. He joined the City as the General Manager of the Los Angeles Housing Department in December 2009. In that capacity, he managed the City’s primary affordable housing development programs. Just prior, he was the President of Kimball Hill Urban Centers, a developer of large scale mixed use and mixed income housing developments in Chicago. Doug also held various positions in the City of Chicago, including Chief Operating Officer of the Chicago Housing Authority and Deputy Housing Commissioner.For more information, please visit http://www.hacla.org/attachments/wysiwyg/10/HACLA_CEO.pdf
For more information about any of the above, contact john.king@hacla.org/213-252-5464 or Susan Kim at susan.kim@hacla.org/213-252-1873.
And remember, WATTS IS WORTH IT!!!
Please visit KPI's website at www.kidsprogressinc.org
Kids Progress, Inc. ensures that high-risk children, youth and families living within the city’s public housing developments receive the full social, health, safety, educational and work opportunities to which they are entitled. The goal is to give children and youth the tools to develop stable and productive lifestyles and to offer them a chance at a positive and rewarding future.
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