Rehabilitating Our Housing
SFHA is continually maintaining and improving its developments. The SFHA administrators and staff have implemented a comprehensive plan of physical, social and maintenance programs for each housing complex. This work is being done in consultation with elected leaders at each site. Wherever possible, residents also assist in the program's implementation.
Senior Developments
Through modernization and construction, improvements have been made to over two thousand (2000) dwelling units in the last 5 years. To meet the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act, two hundred nineteen (219) senior units and associated common spaces have been upgraded for access by wheelchair users. Common spaces have been improved with new lighting, painting, flooring and furniture, and the infrastructure has been upgraded. Security has also been improved.
Family Developments
Some three thousand (3000) family units have been renovated at the largest (and historically, most troubled) developments where 65 per cent of our residents live. Lead based paint and asbestos have been removed or stabilized. New kitchens and bathrooms were installed at five hundred twenty three (523) units, along with new plumbing, heating and electrical. Our family developments now have one hundred sixty seven (167) units, which have been upgraded for access by wheelchair users (including units at the HOPE VI developments).
To improve security, three family developments were made into gated communities. Police sub-stations were set up at the two largest developments. Landscaping improvements and exterior painting have also improved the quality of life at the family developments. Twelve childcare centers and nine computer learning centers have been built. A new teen center has been constructed at the largest family development. Over 60 million dollars of the Capital Fund Program was spent on family development improvements in the last 5 years.
Capital Fund Program
SFHA receives annual funding of approximately 15 million dollars from HUD through the Capital Fund Program (CFP). The CFP funds modernization improvements, which have been identified and prioritized in the 20 year plan, 5-year plan and annual plan. Uses of the funds is planned through an annual process involving residents and other Authority departments
Emergency Fund Program
SFHA received an emergency loan in 2000 from HUD in the amount of 22 million dollars to supplement the Capital Fund Program that funds modernization efforts. This enabled critical repair and renovation work which the Capital Fund Program was inadequate to fund. Under the Emergency Fund Program, twenty developments have received new roofs, bathroom upgrades, new sewers and water lines, and life-safety upgrades including hard-wired smoke detectors and guardrails.
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