Tag: housing
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Hmong Mutual receives grant to renovate low-income housing
Some area low-income families will be getting updated digs thanks to a state housing grant. Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association received $50,000 from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic … Read Full Article
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Language barriers, housing shortages: Here’s what we know about Wausau’s efforts to resettle refugees from Afghanistan
Seventy-five refugees from Afghanistan are expected to resettle in Wausau by the end of 2022, with the first families arriving this year. Read Full Article
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Housing Issues Hit Home for New Minnesota Lawmaker
Often that means going to a lever of government.” Agbaje is wrapping up her first year in the Minnesota State Assembly, helping pull the legislative lever in the Upper Midwestern state. Elected in … Read Full Article
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Joaquin Altoro leaves WHEDA for job with Biden administration
Joaquin Altoro is leaving the top post at the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority to become involved in rural housing work with the federal government under the Biden administration. Read Full Article
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Committee recommends approval of ARPA omnibus proposal
Includes funding for public safety and crime prevention, housing, lead abatement, continued COVID response and more … Read Full Article
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Closing of multicultural houses resolved
Hamline housing options have faced many changes over the past year and a half, most recently the multicultural houses Hamline owns and provides to student groups. These houses are sprinkled around … Read Full Article
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May yer Thao leaving WHEDA to become CEO of St. Paul Hmong organization
May yer Thao is leaving the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority after two years to return to her work supporting the Hmong community. Read Full Article
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WHEDA: Announces executive leadership change, Assistant Deputy Director Thao to lead Hmong American partnership
MADISON – The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) today announced that May yer (“mine-za”) Thao will leave her position as WHEDA Assistant Deputy Director effective September … Read Full Article
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Letters: Reid-Hillview rush | Treehouse tiff | Courageous leadership | Water for crops | Housing assistance | Protect wolves | Credit to country
Reid-Hillview Airport shouldn’t be closed. While a county study of lead levels essentially blamed the airport (“ Expedited closure of Reid-Hillview sought ,” Page A1, Aug. 19), relevant facts are … Read Full Article
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Supreme Court decision could mean an increase in labor trafficking of farm workers
It soon became clear the dozen or so Hmong farmworkers, employed by labor contractor Levi Trimmigration, were living in substandard housing: metal shipping containers furnished only with camping … Read Full Article
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Morning Lookout: Rallying around Ráine, record-breaking wildfires
It soon became clear the dozen or so Hmong farmworkers were living in substandard housing. A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on private property rights has human trafficking experts worried that … Read Full Article
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Supreme Court verdict could spur labor trafficking of farmworkers
It soon became clear the dozen or so Hmong farmworkers, employed by labor contractor Levi Trimmigration, were living in substandard housing: metal shipping containers furnished only with camping … Read Full Article
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Travaux Inc., real estate arm of Milwaukee Housing Authority, will play a major role in the city’s push to use housing vouchers
With an operating budget of about $2.2 million, Travaux is funded with federal dollars, private investment, commercial loans and tax credits. Read Full Article : Article Source
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Bayview Community Center hosts vaccine clinic
Edgewood College student Nanceny Fanny has lived at Bayview, an affordable housing community in Madison, for about as long as she can remember. Her family has been there for over two decades, and she … Read Full Article
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Carrot Health CEO Named 2021 Health Care Hero by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
By determining the most prevalent causes for high health risk—financial insecurity among the Hmong population and housing instability among the Black population—the SRG paves the way for … Read Full Article
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Health Department partnering with Hmong Cultural and Community Agency, Housing Authority to give COVID vaccinations
The La Crosse County Health Department, in partnership with the Housing Authority of the City of La Crosse and the Hmong Cultural and Community Agency, is facilitating two COVID-19 vaccination … Read Full Article
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Awareness campaign highlights domestic violence programs designed to help vulnerable communities
Tags: American, association, campaign, communities, Covid, help, Hmong, Hmong American, housing, violence, women, XiongTammy Xiong, executive director of the Hmong American Women’s Association, or HAWA, said mothers have faced incredible hardships as a result of COVID, with many unable to afford housing to leave their … Read Full Article
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La Crosse officials discuss housing crisis and its relationship to racism in the city
In a virtual town hall Wednesday night, La Crosse officials discussed the ways the city’s housing is impacted by systemic racism and solutions to overcome longstanding barriers against people of … Read Full Article