Retirement Housing Foundation
The Rev. Laverne Joseph, president and CEO of the United Church of Christ’s Retirement Housing Foundation, today announced a special partnership with the UCC’s Emergency USA Fund for Hurricane Harvey Relief, which is designated specifically to help the communities and residents impacted by the storm. “For those who choose to respond with a tax-deductible gift…
An unused office space on the third floor of United Church of Christ-related Angelus Plaza Senior Activities Center in downtown Los Angeles is sparking a renaissance at the center for the creative arts. The center’s staff wanted to start an ongoing multimedia project, not only for residents in the low-income senior housing of Angelus Plaza,…
Leaders of United Church of Christ-related health and human service ministries will be stepping out for affordable senior housing June 27 at a “Save HUD 202” rally on Capitol Hill. They will be joining LeadingAge, an association representing nonprofit aging services providers, and others to regain and expand the HUD Section 202 Housing for the…
The United Church of Christ’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries will elevate its visibility in the exhibit hall of the denomination’s General Synod this summer in Baltimore, Md., through two unique approaches: a 12-table exhibit area for member ministries and subsequent unified approach to reaching out to attendees. The CHHSM Exhibit Hall space…
Retirement Housing Foundation held a groundbreaking ceremony on February 28 for Crenshaw Gardens, an RHF tax credit, affordable housing community for families, and Crenshaw Villas, an RHF tax credit, affordable housing community for older adults, in the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert area of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Brenda Shockley and a representative from the…
UCC-related Retirement Housing Foundation has assumed ownership of an affordable housing property built by Immanuel United Church of Christ in Evergreen Park, Ill., near the south side of Chicago. Immanuel Residences for the Elderly, which sits across the street from Immanuel UCC, was one of the first buildings to be constructed through the HUD 202 program, which provides capital advances…
United Church of Christ-related Retirement Housing Foundation has completed Paloma Terrace, a new affordable housing property in South Los Angeles. The four-story structure comprises 59 units of housing for low-income families, and is located on less than an acre at the corner of 50th and Main Streets. Founded in 1961, RHF was launched by two…
When Cleveland’s Deaconess Foundation was looking for a strong partner to take over management of its affordable senior housing communities, the foundation’s leadership wanted to make sure the communities would be well cared for and would remain part of the United Church of Christ. Deaconess, formed from the 1994 sale of Deaconess Hospital, has a…
UCC-related Angelus Plaza, the nation’s largest affordable housing community, will be featured in the season finale of CBS’ The Amazing Race, where contestants will bungee leap off the downtown Los Angeles skyscraper. The episode will air on Friday, May 13, at 8 p.m. (ET). Angelus Plaza, located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles’ historic…
RHF’s Sagetree Terrace, the last new construction project in Houston funded by the HUD 202 program, broke ground on March 2 with a ceremony and celebration held on the project site. Sagetree Terrace will be a HUD 202 and Tax Credit community for older adults with 64 apartments. Sixty of the units will be funded…
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