Taller San Jose, a Santa Ana, California-based job-training program, broke ground in September on an affordable-housing project for first-time homebuyers. The planned development — three houses in Santa Ana’s historic […]
Taller San Jose, a Santa Ana, California-based job-training program, broke ground in September on an affordable-housing project for first-time homebuyers. The planned development — three houses in Santa Ana’s historic Logan barrio — is the first project of Taller’s newest operation, Hope Builders Inc., and results from a collaboration of Taller San Jose, the City of Santa Ana, and Orange County Community Housing Corp.
Reminiscent of YouthBuildUSA, Taller San Jose aims to employ graduates from its construction job-training program to achieve “real-world experience,” said TSJ executive director Shawna Smith. Taller graduates include individuals recovering from drug use, former gang members, high school dropouts, those originally lacking job skills, and ex-convicts.
In an effort to promote inner-ring Philadelphia suburbs and unsung city neighborhoods, a regional planning commission has launched a high-profile informational campaign. The initiative, “Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia,” created […]
In Dayton, a 27-unit apartment building on the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Campus has been renovated to serve as housing for female veterans, one of about a dozen such facilities around the country.
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