SRO

Protest: Post Office Won’t Deliver Skid Row Mail

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

AHF complied with the law and installed USPS-approved mailboxes for all the tenants at the SRO buildings that AHF owns and operates.

Key Points: 
  • AHF complied with the law and installed USPS-approved mailboxes for all the tenants at the SRO buildings that AHF owns and operates.
  • For several years and on many occasions, AHF informally asked the USPS to deliver mail properly to its Skid Row properties and even filed a formal administrative claim with the USPS to get a change in delivery to no avail.
  • The case is Shawn Jenkins and AIDS Healthcare Foundation vs. USPS, Louis DeJoy & Six … ( Case No.
  • In 2017, under its Healthy Housing Foundation division, AHF began purchasing and repurposing SRO hotels to address the escalating homelessness and affordable housing crises.

AHF Protests USPS Refusal to Deliver SRO Tenants’ Mail

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

AHF complied with the law and installed USPS-approved mailboxes for all the tenants at the SRO buildings that AHF owns and operates.

Key Points: 
  • AHF complied with the law and installed USPS-approved mailboxes for all the tenants at the SRO buildings that AHF owns and operates.
  • For several years and on many occasions, AHF informally asked the USPS to deliver mail properly to its Skid Row properties and even filed a formal administrative claim with the USPS to get a change in delivery to no avail.
  • In 2017, under its Healthy Housing Foundation division, AHF began purchasing and repurposing SRO hotels to address the escalating homelessness and affordable housing crises.
  • Today, AHF provides more that 1,400 SRO housing units as primary and permanent residences to low-income tenants in 13 multi-unit SRO buildings across Greater Los Angeles.

AHF Sues Post Office Over Refusal to Deliver Mail to Tenants at SRO Buildings

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

AHF currently houses 1417 people in 13 SRO properties in Los Angeles.

Key Points: 
  • AHF currently houses 1417 people in 13 SRO properties in Los Angeles.
  • The Postal Service formally was served on the case – Shawn Jenkins and AIDS Healthcare Foundation vs. USPS, Louis DeJoy & Six … ( Case No.
  • California law requires landlords have an individual, locking mailbox for each SRO tenant.
  • However, the USPS is refusing to deliver mail into those individual mailboxes, instead dumping dozens or hundreds of people's mail into one big pile at the front desk of each SRO property each day.

SEC Adopts Rules to Include Certain Significant Market Participants as "Dealers" or "Government Securities Dealers"

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Congress did not intend for registration and regulatory requirements to apply to some dealers and not to others.

Key Points: 
  • Congress did not intend for registration and regulatory requirements to apply to some dealers and not to others.
  • The adopting release for the final rules will be published in the Federal Register.
  • The final rules will become effective 60 days after publication of the adopting release in the Federal Register.
  • The compliance date for the final rules will be one year after the effective date of the final rules.

John Densmore and Henry Diltz Join AHF to Celebrate Morrison Hotel Rebirth

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The Doors' drummer John Densmore and legendary rock photographer Henry Diltz joined Healthy Housing Foundation (HHF), a division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate AHF’s acquisition of the historic Morrison Hotel, a 1914 Single Room Occupancy (SRO) building in downtown Los Angeles.

Key Points: 
  • The Doors' drummer John Densmore and legendary rock photographer Henry Diltz joined Healthy Housing Foundation (HHF), a division of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate AHF’s acquisition of the historic Morrison Hotel, a 1914 Single Room Occupancy (SRO) building in downtown Los Angeles.
  • The Doors and photographer Henry Diltz made the Morrison Hotel famous with their iconic album cover shot released in 1970.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231219210275/en/
    John Densmore, drummer for The Doors, and photographer Henry Diltz share Morrison Hotel memorabilia during a ceremony celebrating AHF’s acquisition of the historic Morrison, a 1914 Single Room Occupancy (SRO) building in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.
  • The Doors and photographer Henry Diltz made the Morrison famous with the band’s release of its landmark 1970 album featuring Diltz’s iconic cover photo.

CIRO Hearing Panel issues Reasons for Decision in the matter of Zinan Liu

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Friday, December 15, 2023

Prior to the hearing the parties filed an agreed statement of facts, dated December 8, 2022.

Key Points: 
  • Prior to the hearing the parties filed an agreed statement of facts, dated December 8, 2022.
  • The hearing panel under the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules found that Zinan Liu engaged in personal financial dealings with clients, engaged in unapproved outside activities, and made representations.
  • The hearing panel's Reasons for Decision, dated December 8, 2023 are available at:
    In its Reasons for Decision, the hearing panel confirmed the sanctions imposed on Zinan Liu.
  • During the period described in the Agreed Statement of Facts, Zinan Liu carried on business with CIBC Securities Inc. in the Burnaby, British Columbia area.

NEW POLL SHOWS DELRAY BEACH, LAKE WORTH BEACH VOTERS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR LOW WAGE EARNERS

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Friday, December 15, 2023

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- New data released today by the Florida Housing Innovations Council (FHIC) shows voters in Delray Beach and Lake Worth Beach, Florida overwhelmingly support efforts to increase the supply of affordable housing for low-income individuals in their communities.

Key Points: 
  • DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Dec. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- New data released today by the Florida Housing Innovations Council (FHIC) shows voters in Delray Beach and Lake Worth Beach, Florida overwhelmingly support efforts to increase the supply of affordable housing for low-income individuals in their communities.
  • The study was conducted by nationally recognized polling firm, American Pulse , among 315 Active Voters* in Delray Beach, and 250 Active Voters in Lake Worth Beach.
  • The polls also show that with full information, voters strongly support Multi-Tenant Housing Units (MTHU's), an enhanced version of Single Room Occupancy (SRO) housing or rooming houses.
  • When asked about their agreement for efforts to increase affordable housing for low-income people, 80% of Lake Worth Beach voters Agreed, with 59% Strongly Agreed.

Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District Deploys ZeroEyes AI Gun Detection Solution To Protect Students and Faculty

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, today announced that New Jersey's Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District has implemented ZeroEyes'  proactive gun detection and intelligent situational awareness solution across all of its campuses to protect faculty and students against gun-related incidents.

Key Points: 
  • Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District is New Jersey's largest school district, by area, and operates three comprehensive high schools: Absegami, Cedar Creek and Oakcrest.
  • The schools serve students from six townships, including Egg Harbor City, Galloway, Green Bank, Port Republic, Hamilton and Mullica.
  • "Our board considers the safety of students, faculty and staff to be our number one priority, and ZeroEyes is a critical addition to our security technologies," said James Reina, superintendent of Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District.
  • "Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District understands this threat and is determined to protect its staff, students and visitors against gun-related violence.

The Covent Ribbon-Cutting Celebrated the Opening of 30 Newly Rehabbed Affordable Apartments

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The NHP Foundation (NHPF) yesterday celebrated the re-opening of the Covent Apartments, 30 affordable studio apartments developed from the Covent Hotel, an SRO in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago in a Ribbon-Cutting ceremony.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The NHP Foundation (NHPF) yesterday celebrated the re-opening of the Covent Apartments, 30 affordable studio apartments developed from the Covent Hotel, an SRO in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago in a Ribbon-Cutting ceremony.
  • The project also received a $698,910 Affordable Housing Program ("AHP") General Fund grant from FHLBank Chicago.
  • The Covent Apartments follows the development of NHPF's first SRO deal in Chicago, the Mark Twain which provides 148 service-enriched affordable apartments.
  • In addition to the 30 apartments, the Covent features onsite laundry facilities, a community room and an outdoor space.

Walden Family Services Receives Award of $4.375 Million in Homekey Program Funds to Provide Housing for Transitional Age Youth

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

This significant allocation aims to address the housing needs of transitional age youth, aged 18-21, including foster and former foster youth who are at risk of experiencing homelessness.

Key Points: 
  • This significant allocation aims to address the housing needs of transitional age youth, aged 18-21, including foster and former foster youth who are at risk of experiencing homelessness.
  • As the sole Homekey Project recipient awarded in Riverside, Walden Family Services has outlined plans to utilize the awarded funds to purchase single-family homes throughout the City of Riverside.
  • Teresa Stivers, CEO of Walden Family Services, expressed heartfelt gratitude for the award.
  • Walden Family Services, a nonprofit organization established in 1976, focuses on providing critical support to foster and adoptive families across Southern California.