Oct. 2: Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
Covered by Documenter Kellie Morris (notes)
CMHA housing vouchers aim to support the homeless population
The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) Board of Commissioners approved changes to CMHA’s Housing Choice Voucher Program. The changes include making vouchers available to expectant parents experiencing homelessness and individuals and families living in Cuyahoga County homeless shelters.
Dorivette Nolan, CMHA’s Chief of Policy, Planning and Voucher Administration, said the changes are in collaboration with First Year Cleveland – an organization focused on reducing infant mortality rates – and Cuyahoga County’s Office of Homeless Services.
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New housing construction set to begin
CMHA Chief Executive Officer Jeffery Patterson thanked staff and community members who attended the groundbreaking and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 1 for two new additions to the Woodhill Choice Redevelopment project.
Patterson said the new Woodhill Station East building located at the corner of Buckeye and Woodhill Roads will include 64 apartment units. Thirty-two of these units will be reserved for former Woodhill residents earning 60% or less of the average median income. CMHA would rent the other 32 at market rate. The total cost of construction is expected to be about $25 million; the work is scheduled for completion in 2025.
CMHA also opened the Woodhill Center East development on Woodland Avenue, a combination of apartments and townhomes, at its Oct. 1 ceremony.
A special ceremony on Oct. 25 will honor a new mural painted on the RTA service facility wall along Woodland Avenue. It is now among the longest murals in Ohio, Patterson said.
Final phase of Cedar Avenue development moves ahead
The board also approved a resolution wrapping up the fourth and final stage of the Sankofa Village redevelopment project. The site is bordered by East 30th Street and Community College Avenue.
Matthew Schmidt, CMHA’s director of Modernization and Development, said the new Cedar IV building will complete redevelopment in the area that includes Care Alliance Health Center, the Louise C. Stokes Scholar House, and the renovation of the City of Cleveland’s Central Recreation Center. Cedar IV will have 50 new low-income housing units and townhomes, replacing the Olde Cedar Estates.
Patterson announced a groundbreaking ceremony for Cedar IV to be held Oct. 29. He said the building should open in the beginning of 2026.
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