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Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority Signals Stronger Commitment to Community with New Brand
Original source: https://www.phada.org/Member-Center/Member-Spotlight “Raise Up” focuses on creating a stronger Lorain County by providing expanded affordable housing options and enhanced services to uplift...
Raise Up a catchy name, but rebranding is serious | Editorial
By The Editorial Board | Chicago Tribune PUBLISHED: May 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM EDT Raise Up, which is the new name for the Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority, is fitting since the agency is expanding its...
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority looks to build apartments on old Whittier, Lowell schools property
By Carissa Woytach on The Chronicle-Telegram Mar 10, 2025 1:00 AM LORAIN — The Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority is not waiting for federal funds to start building affordable housing on the city’s...
Lorain Councilman, Mayor at odds over town hall; city to transfer landlocked parks
By Carissa Woytach On The Chronicle-Telegram Mayor Jack Bradley responded to complaints about his absence from a town hall meeting held by Tony Dimacchia, D-at Large, last week; but Dimacchia disputed...
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority changes name to Raise Up
Carissa WoytachThe Chronicle-Telegram May 05, 2025 1:00 AM LORAIN — The county’s housing agency will operate under a new name and brand moving forward. The Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority changed...
Lakeview Plaza in Lorain gets pest control heat treating room
By Larissa Beriswill on The Morning Journal Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority installed its first bedbug heat treating room in Lakeview Plaza, 310 W. Seventh St. in Lorain, to combat and control bug...
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority opens bedbug treatment room at Lakeview Plaza
By Carissa Woytach on The Chronicle-Telegram Apr 15, 2025 1:00 AM The Cleveland-Akron metro area has the fourth-highest incident rate for bedbugs amount U.S. cities according to a 2023 Orkin report, with...
New park the start of "transformation" for South Lorain, officials say
By Owen MacMillanThe Chronicle-Telegram Feb 28, 2025 1:00 AM Officials from the city and the Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority broke ground on a community garden they said will begin a process of transformation...
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority breaks ground on South Lorain park project
By Aliah Kimbro | The Morning Journal PUBLISHED: February 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM EST The Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority officially broke ground on the renovation of South Lorain Community Park. Read...
Construction to begin on new community park set to open in Lorain this summer
By Hannah Drown, cleveland.com LORAIN, Ohio – A new community park, designed to serve as a vibrant gathering space offering cultural programming and urban agriculture, is set to break ground in Lorain...
Notice of Waiting List Closing
Effective 11:59pm on November 30, 2024, Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority will stop accepting applications for Public Housing, Harr Plaza, and International Plaza waiting lists. All applicants who...
Funding secured for new park that could lead to real change in Lorain neighborhood
By:Tiffany Tarpley | News 5 LORAIN, Ohio — A proposed park that organizers hope will lead to more development in South Lorain is a step closer to completion. “It’s a disinvested neighborhood that has been...
If you build it, will they come? Plans in the works to develop Lorain neighborhood
By:Tiffany Tarpley | News 5 LORAIN, Ohio — An agency in Lorain County is taking the first step toward what it believes will transform a neighborhood. Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority (LMHA) and the...
Southside Gateway redevelopment project asks for community voices
By John Elrod The Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority hosted an informational meeting March 26 about its proposed Southside Gateway redevelopment project in South Lorain. The discussion took place at...
LMHA, partners showcase Southside Gateway Community Plan draft
By Carissa Woytach on The Chronicle-Telegram Alongside new duplexes and other smaller developments, the plan proposes small parks and playgrounds mixed into the neighborhoods. Read full story at https...
Lorain Councilwoman JoAnne Moon, LMHA provide umbrellas to those in need
By Martin McConnell The rain on Feb. 22 could not have come at a better time for Lorain Ward 5 Councilwoman JoAnne Moon. Read full story at https://www.morningjournal.com/2024/02/22/lorain-councilwoma...
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