SAHA to spend $14.5 million on local housing project upgrades - Denver Business Journal:

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million in federal stimulus funds to repair and upgrade a number of publicfhousing properties. Out of 349 housing authorities in Texa s that received money from the American Recovery andReinvestment Act, San Antonio Housing Authority, or received the largest amount. SAHA is required to use the moneyg for capital improvements and all the fundx must be spent withinthree years. “These funds will allow us to make much-needede repairs to our public housing properties and improve the safetgy and quality of life forour residents,” SAHA President and CEO Lourdesd Castro Ramirez says.
Among the properties slated for major upgrades is the LewiesChatham Apartments, a 119-unit apartmentr complex for seniors on the city’s South Lewis Chatham also will undergo an extensive modernization. In stimulus funds will be used to upgrade the elevators and fire safety at nearly 20elderly communities. Other projects will involve replacing fencing, roofing, cabinets, and heating, ventilation and air conditioninyg systems.
SAHA Board Chairman Ramiro Cavazos says the agencyt will encourage the participation of smalland minority-owned “We will also give additional weight to contractorw that commit to actively recruiting employeesw from the neighborhoods in and around wherew this work will occur,” he says. SAHA will issue requestws for proposals to perform engineering and architectural services relatedto stimulus-approved Web site: www.saha.
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