Interim Executive Director Jack Nagle was selected as the new executive director of the Arlington Housing Authority (AHA) by unanimous board vote, during a special meeting held Wednesday, Dec. 22.
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A look at the roof of Hauser displays its many wireless connections. / Story by Melanie Gilbert for YourArlington | Drone photo by Cam Rogers
Infrastructure needs compete with low-income housing ambitions at housing authority →
Leadership issues remain in limbo at housing authority →
The new officers of the Menotomy Manor Tenant’s association pose in from of the Life & Skills Center in the family-housing complex. They are from left: Vanessa Rowsell, vice president; Lisa Hersey, secretary; Mariann Rowsell, treasurer; Jen Hernandez, president; and Marta Cayarga, co-vice president;
Photo and story by Melanie Gilbert
Menotomy Manor tenants form association as authority leadership still in flux →
The tenants of the Menotomy Manor, a family-housing property in East Arlington, voted to form a tenants’ association, association, and the new officers are from left: Vanessa Rowsell, vice president; Lisa Hersey, secretary; Mariann Rowsell, treasurer;.Jen Hernandez, president; and Marta Cayarga, co-vice president.
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Verizon outages put seniors, disabled at risk →
Intercom at Hauser disrupted.
Story, photos by Melanie Gilbert
Residents lose landline service as reasons differ
Richard Fox knows the exact date that his Verizon landline stopped working: Aug. 20 -- his birthday. “I couldn’t even get a phone call on my birthday,” said the 86-year-old Marine Corps veteran.
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Story by Melanie Gilbert for YourArlngton; Photo credit Town of Arlington
$2M from U.S. Covid aid to boost AHA budget →
The residents of the housing authority’s oldest complex may be immediate recipients of the pandemic relief funding. The town’s “Budget Framework” indicates a line item for affordable housing called “Housing Authority Capital,” providing $500,000 in fiscal 2022 (07/01/2021-06/30/2022), and $1.5 million in fiscal 2023.
Read MoreAHA tenant seat goes to its first Latina rep →
Menotomy Manor resident Fiorella Badilla was unanimously appointed to the tenant member seat on the Arlington Housing Authority (AHA) board during the Monday, Aug. 9, Select Board meeting.
Her formal appointment marks the first time in the authority’s 72-year history that a Latina is represented on the five-member board of the state agency that provides rental housing to low-income, elderly and disabled residents.
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Story and photo by Melanie Gilbert for YourArlngton.
Reappointed, AHA's Connor aims high for low-income housing →
Arlington Housing Authority board chair Brian Connor was appointed to another five-year term, by Gov. Baker. He recognizes the challenges of continuing to provide and develop affordable housing in a town with scarce land reserves and an exploding real estate market
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Winslow Towers on Mystic Street in Arlington, MA.
Story and photo by Melanie Gilbert for YourArlngton.
Housing authority works to maintain momentum →
The agenda-packed meeting dealt with maintenance issues related to aging housing authority infrastructure, pest control, better communication with staff and leadership and tenant representation of resident properties. In other words, business as usual.
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The belongings of a family living in the Gardner Street section of Menotomy Manor are laid out to dry in the courtyard following basement flooding.
Story and photo by Melanie Gilbert for YourArlngton.
Tenants' association at Menotomy Manor takes shape →
After nearly a decade of dormancy, a tenants’ association for the residents of Menotomy Manor has taken its first formative steps.
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