News and Information

SHRA News and Information

The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency keeps the community informed about its projects, activities and programs through news releases, a periodic electronic newsletter and other publications. If you would like to be placed on our e-newsletter distribution list, please contact Angela Jones, Public Information Officer at ajones@shra.org.

If you are a member of the media and would like to be placed on our distribution list, please contact Angela Jones, Public Information Officer at ajones@shra.org.

To view the most current agenda for the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission, click here.

To see some of the work that SHRA performs within the Sacramento community, please visit our YouTube channel for videos, and our Flickr page for photos.

Public Information Requests

Information regarding Public information requests is available at this link. Questions should be should be directed to:

Lira Goff, Interim Agency Clerk
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
801 12th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
vsmith@shra.org

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Press Releases

Year	Month/Day	Article Title	Link
2022	May 26	Press Release Agency offices closed for Memorial Day	Open
2022	April 12	Press Release Construction to begin on Central Sacramento Studios Permanent Supportive Housing	Open
2022	April 5	Press Release Executive Director honored for excellence in leadership	Open
2022	March 15	Press Release Groundbreaking paves way for innovative affordable housing project with Habitat for Humanity and Mutual Housing	Open
2022	March 14	Press Release HUD renews Agency Shelter Plus Care vouchers for homeless residents	Open
2022	January 31	Press Release Governor announces $24M Homekey award for Central Sacramento Studios	Open
2022	January 25	Press Release Housing Authority extends application deadline for Tenant Based Voucher	Open
2022	January 13	Press Release Agency offices closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Open
2022	January 5	Press Release Sacramento Housing Authority Waiting List set to open January 12	Open
2022	January 5	Information Flyer for Tenant Based Voucher and Project Based Voucher Waiting List Opening January 12	Open

More Information

Year	Month/Day	Article Title	Link
2021	22-Dec	Press Release Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency announces holiday and closure schedule	Open
2021	27-Oct	Press Release Notice of Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission Meeting Time Change	Open
2021	20-Aug	Press Release Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency partners with Jamboree Housing Corporation on new Sunrise Pointe affordable housing development in Citrus Heights	Open
2021	15-Aug	Press Release McCormack Baron Salazar and Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency to begin leasing at Mirasol Village	Open
2021	28-May	Press Release SHRA offices close for Memorial Day holiday	Open
2021	28-May	Press Release Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency announces job opportunities with SERA2 Program to help residents impacted by COVID-19	Open
2021	7-May	Press Release Sacramento Emergency Rental Assistance (SERA2) Online Application Opens May 11	Open
2021	7-May	SERA2 Program Flyer	Open
2021	26-Feb	Press Release Community Homeownership Initiative Aims to Increase African American Homeownership rates in the Greater Sacramento Region	Open
2021	25-Feb	Press Release Sacramento Emergency Rental Assistance Program Accepts Applications to pay pay past due rent, utilities for low income families	Open
2021	19-Feb	Press Release Sacramento launches $95.6 million Emergency Rental Assistance Program to pay past due rent and utilities for renters and landlords impacted by COVID-19	Open
2021	17-Feb	$31 million in emergency rent and utilities assistance available for low income Sacramento renters	Open
2020	15-Dec	Agency announces holiday and closure schedule	Open
2020	27-Oct	SHRA Deputy Executive Director Tyrone Roderick Williams appointed to FHLB of San Francisco Affordable Housing Advisory Council	Open
2020	20-Oct	Deadline extended to apply for help to pay rent due to job loss from COVID-19	Open
2020	7-Oct	SHRA offers emergency rental assistance program for families impacted by COVID-19	Open
2020	3-Sep	SHRA and McCormack Baron Salazar celebrate first units under construction on $300 million Mirasol Village mixed-income housing development	Open
2020	28-Aug	Sacramento Housing Authority commemorates 80 years providing hope, dignity, opportunity in special 2-part series	Open
2020	27-Aug	Housing Authority commemorates 80th Anniversary in Sacramento Observer special feature Part 1	Open
2020	22-Aug	Printable informational flyer for Project Based Voucher and Public Housing Open Wait List August 24	Open
2020	17-Aug	Sacramento Housing Authority to open Project Based Voucher and Public Housing wait lists August 24, 2020	Open
2020	2-Jul	SHRA launches new Landlord Incentive Program	Open
2020	29-May	Notice of Public Hearing for a Significant Amendment to the 2020 Public Housing Agency Annual Plan	Open
2020	7-May	EPA awards $350k grant to Sacramento for brownfields clean up	Open
2020	30-Mar	SHRA adjust business operations in response to COVID-19 crisis	Open
2020	22-Mar	SHRA offices to reopen March 23rd with limited staff by appointment only	Open
2020	17-Mar	SHRA receives $1.8 million Green Infrastructure Grant for Mirasol Village Community Park	Open
2020	17-Mar	SHRA closes offices due to COVID-19	Open
2020	17-Mar	SHRA receives $1.8 million Green Infrastructure Grant for Mirasol Village Community Park	Open
2020	19-Feb	Council approves SHRA plan for cabin community as transitional housing for homeless youth	Open
2020	7-Feb	Federal Section 3 Program promotes resident self-sufficiency and neighborhood economic development	Open
2020	3-Feb	City and County authorize SHRA to apply for state funds to help 200 families buy their first home	Open
2020	31-Jan	SHRA Seeks $1.8 million green infrastructure grant for park at Mirasol Village	Open
2020	24-Jan	Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency receives distinguished CSMFO Excellence Award for operating budget	Open
2019	12-Dec	Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency announces holiday and closure schedule	Open
2019	7-Nov	Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency receives distinguished budget presentation award	Open
2019	7-Nov	Sacramento Housing Authority to open wait list for elderly\disabled public housing November 12	Open
2019	6-Sep	Agency releases Capitol Park Hotel Shelter update	Open
2019	24-Aug	Financial Institution Partnership Opportunity announces $115K award to support Sacramento Promise Zone community economic development activities	Open
2019	2-Jul	Twin Rivers Project Awarded $18.8 million in cap and-trade funding for AHSC program to construct housing and sustainable transportation infrastructure and transit related amenities	Open
2019	24-Jun	County awarded $13 million grant for Permanent Supportive Housing	Open
2019	5-Jun	Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency receives Excellent in Operating Budget award	Open
2019	1-May	Corporate investment of $750,000 signals time for action to improve neighborhoods in Sacramento Promise Zone	Open
2019	26-Mar	Governor Newsom holds listening session with Sacramento residents on housing and rising rents	Open
2019	20-Mar	SHRA receives HUD approval to convert public housing to Section 8 Program	Open
2019	9-Mar	Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency partnership with Habitat for Humanity opens doors for two families in The Avenues community of South Sacramento	Open
2019	27-Feb	Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency joins grand opening celebration for new Boys & Girls Club branch in North Laguna community	Open
2019	14-Feb	Sacramento Housing Authority receives HUD Region IX awards	Open
2019	11-Jan	Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency response to government shutdown	Open
2019	8-Jan	South Sacramento Cascade Village Apartments rehab project receives Agency approval	Open
2018	21-Dec	SHRA receives $23 million Transforming Climate Communities Grant	Open
2018	17-Dec	Notice of SHRA holiday and closure schedule	Open
2018	15-Oct	Public invited to participate in focus groups on impediments to fair housing	Open
2018	4-May	HUD awards 100 vouchers to SHRA for homeless veterans	Open
2018	29-Mar	Tyrone Roderick Williams appointed to State of California Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Group	Open
2018	1-Mar	Susan Veazey appointed to SHRA Assistant Director of Development and Federal Programs	Open
2018	9-Jan	Housing Authority Opens HCV Waitlist	Open
2018	22-Feb	City of Sacramento and SHRA solicit development community's proposals to create 1,000 permanent efficiency housing for homeless residents	Open
2018	1-Feb	SHRA Public Housing Program earns HUD awards	Open
2014	4-Aug	Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency joins USA Properties Fund golden shovel celebration to start construction on Arbor Creek Senior Apartments	open
2014	31-Jul	Sacramento City and County Housing Authorities receive HUD High Performer Designation Status	open
2014	25-Jul	Agency appoints David Levin as General Counsel	open
2014	14-Jul	SHRA names new Director of Development	open
2014	24-Jun	The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in partnership with HUD and HOPE NOW to host “Help for Homeowners," Community Event for local homeowners who are at risk of losing their home	open
2014	16-May	100-year old vacant residental hotel reopens after $6.9 million renovation to provide downtown workforce housing	open
2014	5-May	Ribbon cutting set for $2.4 million Louise A. Perez Community Center creating one-stop social services for residents in "The Avenues"	open
2014	15-Apr	Groundbreaking kicks off start of $3.3 million Old Florin Town Streetscape Improvement Project	open
2014	10-Apr	County and Redevelopment Agency officials hold golden shovel event to mark official start of Phase 2 Franklin Boulevard Streetscape Improvement Project	open
2014	5-Mar	Housing Authority offers help for program participants and applicants to apply for affordable health insurance	open
2014	21-Feb	Celebration set to kick-off rehab of Bing Kong Tong building in Isleton	open
2014	7-Feb	Greater Sacramento Urban League, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency, and Sacramento Employment and Training Agency announce new First Source Sacramento job training and hiring program	open
2014	11-Jun	Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency reaches compromise on tax credit affordable housing projects	open
2013	3-Dec	Agency announces 2014 holiday and closure schedule	open
2013	22-Nov	HUD selects Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency to receive $500,000 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant	open
2013	19-Nov	Nov 19, 2013 SHRA and EPO celebrate completion of Norcade Circle revitalization project	open
2013	7-Nov	Mosaic Gardens at Taylor Terrace celebration marks completion of community renovation project	open
2013	15-Oct	SHRA receives NAHRO Housing America Award at Kelsey Village Grand Opening	open
2013	31-Jul	SHRA joins Related California for grand opening of The Arbors at Oak Park affordable housing for seniors	open
2013	10-May	Housing Authority warns of scam to sell vouchers	open
2013	8-Apr	Agency announces 2013 closure and holiday schedule	open
2013	4-Apr	Community workshops set for Choice Neighborhoods Initiative and revitalization of Twin Rivers housing community	open
2013	14-Feb	Housing Authority launches "3 by 8 is Great!" Reading Program to support national Grade-Level Reading Campaign	open
2013	17-Jan	First housing units officially under construction at Township Nine	open
2013	9-Jan	Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento celebrate unveiling of public art	open