Accessing Home is seeking individuals who are passionate about community development, promoting access to quality housing, and the City of Providence to serve as a full-time AmeriCorps member with the Providence Housing Authority (PHA). The Job The Accessing Home AmeriCorps PHA member will help address housing instability and economic challenges faced by our residents. Members […]
PBN: Five Questions With Melissa Sanzaro
By Mary MacDonald – February 9, 2018 3:22 am Melissa Sanzaro | Executive director, Providence Housing Authority 1. What is the Providence Housing Authority footprint for housing, and how has that changed over the past 10 years? The Providence Housing Authority is the largest public housing authority in the state, managing more than 2,600 units of public housing and […]
Highlights from Providence Housing Authority’s Fiscal Year 2017
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Public Notice FY 2018 Annual Plan & Capital Fund Final Rule
The Providence Housing Authority (PHA) will conduct a public comment period for the FY 2018 Annual Plan and the Capital Fund Final Rule beginning on February 1, 2018 and ending on March 19, 2018 during business hours, 8:30am-4:30pm at 100 Broad Street, 2nd Floor, Providence, RI 02903. All comments will be collected at the PHA’s […]
Youth Police Initiative
The Providence Housing Authority (PHA) and the North American Family Institute (NAFI) have delivered another round of the Youth & Police Initiative (YPI) program for at risk teen girls living in public housing. Ten (10) girls living in the PHA’s Hartford Park and Manton Heights family developments along with a group of female police officers, […]
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Providence Housing providing jobs training for over 200 residents
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — More than 200 residents of the Hartford Park and Manton Heights public housing developments have enrolled in Jobs Plus, a grant-funded program run by the Providence Housing Authority. Staffers from the PHA, local officials and partners, and Jobs Plus participants met Thursday morning to mark the progress of the program, which launched […]
Providence Housing Authority Selected for $3M Federal Grant to Implement the Jobs Plus Program
The Providence Housing Authority is one of six public housing authorities in the country selected by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to participate in Jobs Plus, a federally-funded initiative to assist public housing residents to enter the workforce. The PHA is excited and eager to launch the Jobs Plus Program (JPP) with […]
The Providence Housing Authority graduates nine youth from Hartford Park and Manton Heights from the Youth police Initiative Program
The Youth Police Initiative (YPI) is a two-week dynamic program that positively impacts the relationships and interactions between police officers and inner city youth. The youth and police train together and participate in facilitated discussions, team-building exercises, and reality-based scenario trainings. From these experiences, youth and police develop lasting relationships that foster a deeper understanding […]
The Providence Housing Authority graduates Nineteen Youth from the Youth Leadership Academy (YLA)
The PHA, in partnership with Year Up, graduated 19 public housing youth ages 14-18 from its Youth Leadership Academy (YLA). Funding for this pilot program to improve educational outcomes and increase employment among public housing youth was provided by United Way of RI. The 10-week after school program utilized parts of the established Year Up […]
