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Bunker Hill residents Pat Bollinger , 77, left, asks questions of Bethalto’s coming CedarHurst Assisted Living and Memory Care Executive Director Stacey Noble Loveland , center, while her husband, Ron Bollinger , 80, listens. CedarHurst of Bethalto held a meet and greet to introduce Noble Loveland , its services and community to the village. Jill Moon|The Telegraph People can visit CedarHurst of Bethalto’s Executive Director Stacey Noble Loveland at the assisted living and memory care’s on- site marketing trailer at 903 N. Moreland Road to see renderings that were displayed at a meet and greet last week. Jill Moon|The Telegraph CedarHurst of Bethalto’s Executive Director Stacey Noble Loveland , formerly executive director at Wood River’s Foxes Grove, made the rounds not only to information-seeking visitors, but also elected officials, including Wood River Mayor Cheryl Maguire at a CedarHurst meet and greet last week held at First Baptist Church of Bethalto. Noble Loveland began ...

Marquette Mayor Dave Campana introduces Snyder at a press meet after his tour of the apartments, and explains the importance of providing affordable housing in close proximity to the downtown area. (Journal photo by Rachel Oakley) Marquette Mayor Dave Campana introduces Snyder at a press meet after his tour of the apartments, and explains the importance of providing affordable housing in close proximity to the downtown area. (Journal photo by Rachel Oakley) Snyder speaks with Roger Curtis, Director of Talent and Economic Development for the State of Michigan outside of the Grandview Marquette , which is still undergoing construction. The apartments are intended to give low-income individuals in Marquette easier access to opportunities in the downtown area. The project is expected to be completed this fall. (Journal photo by Rachel Oakley) MARQUETTE — Gov. Rick Snyder and other state officials Wednesday morning toured the affordable housing development Grandview Marquette , whi...

This is Detroit, not Hobbiton. Just like the tiny homes of the hobbits in the "Lord of The Rings" series, the Cass Community Center Tiny Homes Project looks cute. But its small buildings house big hopes . Four years ago, Detroit became the biggest American city in history to file for bankruptcy, brought down by a snowballing financial crisis that followed huge layoffs at the city's major employers General Motors ( GM ) and Chrysler. Today, Detroit is in a period of economic recovery, yet many of its hardest hit residents still don't have adequate housing . The homeless population is around 2,000 and dwindling, according to city authorities. But uncertainty hangs over low-income earners, who struggle to keep up with the rising cost of living. "Purchase prices and rents are increasing faster than people's incomes," says Earl Poleski, executive director of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority . "That's a manifestation o...

A new food pantry has opened in Davenport, and it represents nearly the 200th for those who partner with  River Bend Foodbank . This pantry will be open twice each month and is intended for tenants of Vera French Housing , Davenport. It is located in an apartment complex at 215 E. 37th St. Stacy Kiser-Willey, executive director of Vera French Housing , got the idea for the food pantry after hearing a talk by Mike Miller, River Bend's executive director. The Vera French apartments have about 137 residents and families. Many are on limited incomes, with money becoming short by the end of each month, Kiser-Willey said. Before the pantry opened on Wednesday, the tenants were directed to another pantry location or helped out to an extent from the apartment complex office . "In the past three years, we have really seen people run short at the end of each month," Kiser-Willey said. The pantry is operating on a budget, which needs donations, and volunteers including from the f...

Frasers Property Australia , Citta Property Group and Mission Australia have won the tender for the $2. 2 billion redevelopment of the Ivanhoe public housing estate in Macquarie Park, in north-east Sydney. The project is set to achieve high sustainability outcomes , such as carbon neutral operation , but while the news has been welcomed by many in the property industry , it has also raised questions about just how replicable this model of public housing funding is. The master plan for the 8.2 hectare site will see 259 existing low - density public housing dwellings demolished and replaced with more than 3000 dwellings built by the Aspire consortium, including at least 950 new social housing apartments and 128 affordable rental apartments . A non-government co- educational vertical high school , two 75- place childcare centres , a 120- bed aged care facility , 141 social housing independent living units and 132 private independent living units are also in the plans. Community f...

Posted: Aug. 24, 2017 9:15 am QUINCY -- A Quincy committee recommends that $120,000 be provided for the redevelopment of five apartments in four downtown buildings. The $120,000 investment through the city's tax increment financing rental rehab program would include private investment of more than $154,000. Chuck Bevelheimer, director of planning and development, told the TIF Rental Rehab Committee on Wednesday night that he believed the program was making a difference downtown. "When you get into renovation projects, you're always getting into something that is unknown," Bevelheimer said. "Without this program, I don't think you would be seeing the investment right now." In the first two years of the TIF rental rehab program , the city has provided $210,000 and has seen $335,800 in private investment in 10 upper- story apartments downtown . "If we're going to make market- rate housing downtown , this level of investment is necessary, and I ...

“Apartments don’t kill people. People kill people .” If only there were more howlers of that caliber in “Apartment 1303,” this truly vacant thriller might have clawed its way into so-bad-it’s-good territory. As it is, your monthly rent is probably scarier than what writer- director Michael Taverna has cooked up in this inept and derivative tale of a Detroit flat that mysteriously drives its tenants to suicide. With “The Conjuring” still in theaters and “The Tenant,” “The Shining,” “The 4th Floor,” “1408” and countless other real-estate chillers still in circulation, only the least discriminating genre aficionados and Mischa Barton fans need bother checking out this VOD time-waster in theaters; it’s being released in a stereoscopic version called “Apartment 1303 3D,” adding a clunker of a title to the pic’s list of reasons not to exist. This story first appeared in the July 30, 2013 issue of Variety. Taverna’s film is a Detroit-set remake of a 2007 Japanese horror-thriller with the s...

By: Aaron Payne Posted on: Sunday, February 26, 2017 < < Back to Update 2:45 p.m. An Ohio State Fire Marshal spokesperson said she erred in reporting natural gas as a contributing factor in the Carriage Hill fire . The fire at Building 12 was due to electrical wires in the building. The fire source was reportedly located in apartment 1213, an Athens Fire Department report stated . Arson is not suspected in the case. Update 2/28/17 @ 12 p.m. The Ohio State Fire Marshal is still investigating the origin of the Carriage Hill Apartment fire , but has linked a natural gas leak in Building 12 to the fire, according to spokesperson Kelly Stincer . Update 2/27/17 @ 6:16 p.m.  The report from the Athens Fire Department estimates damage from the fire at the Carriage Hill Apartments to be more than $2 million. According to the report, the department estimates structural damage to be $1.2 million and damage to the contents of the building at $1 million. Meanwhile, the American ...

At the end of one sticky month during the summer of 2017, Elizabeth Bolles will have finished packing the contents of her Riverbend apartment. She, her partner, their two young sons and two dogs will then pile into her Subaru and drive 350 miles to Houston, where her partner will start a new job.   The move is the upshot of six years of frustration and disappointment for Bolles since she graduated from Tulane University's law school in 2011. Since then, she's struggled to find a well-paying job in New Orleans; she's been runner-up for several positions and has worked odd jobs and short-term gigs to make ends meet . She's in the same boat as many of her friends and acquaintances in the city — a one- time National Merit Scholar who's been waiting tables for a decade, a buddy with two doctorates who can't find a professional job .   "You hear one person's story," Bolles says, "and you think maybe there's something going on with them, maybe...