Hillsborough begins $20 million affordable housing work

Click here to read original article. Seven groups are picked to build low-income apartments and single-family homes. By C.T. Bowen Published May 29 TAMPA —- Last year, Hillsborough County commissioners said they would budget $10 million to expand affordable housing. Last week, they voted to start spending it. The commission selected seven private groups to develop both […]

Finding forever families and homes for foster kids in the Tampa Bay area

Read Original Article: https://www.tampabay.com/hillsborough/finding-forever-families-and-homes-for-foster-kids-in-the-tampa-bay-area-20190814/ TAMPA — Claire LeBoeuf has devoted most of her life to helping hurting kids have a happy and more promising future. Her commitment to that growing segment of the population stems from the trauma she experienced as a young teen following the sudden death of her mother. She was sent to […]

Retirement Community of Care

View original article by Sally Abrahms, AARP Bulletin, November 2016 New England’s intergenerational Treehouse provides residents with a sense of purpose IT’S ONLY MIDMORNING and already Mary Steele has given rides to one teen who missed the school bus and to another who needed to get to work at a nearby mall. Later, Steele, 82, plays trucks […]