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million in federal stimulus funds to repairt and upgrade a numbetr of publichousing properties. Out of 349 housinv authorities in Texas that received money from the Americajn Recovery andReinvestment Act, San Antonio Housintg Authority, or SAHA, received the largest amount. SAHA is requirer to use the moneu for capital improvements and all the funds must be spengt withinthree years. “These funds will allow us to make much-neede repairs to our public housing properties and improve the safety and qualitt of life forour residents,” SAHA Presiden and CEO Lourdes Castrpo Ramirez says.
Among the properties slated for major upgradea is the Lewis Chatham a 119-unit apartment complex for seniors on the city’s Sout Side. Lewis Chatham also will undergo an extensive In addition, stimulus funds will be used to upgrades the security, elevators and fire safety at nearly 20 elderl communities. Other projects will involvre replacing fencing, windows, roofing, cabinets, and heating, ventilatiobn and air conditioning systems.
SAHA Boar Chairman Ramiro Cavazos says the agency will encouragde the participation of smalland minority-owned “We will also give additional weight to contractors that commitg to actively recruiting employees from the neighborhoods in and around where this work will he says. SAHA will issue requests for proposals to perform engineerinyg and architectural services relatedto stimulus-approvecd projects. Web site: www.saha.
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