Syracuse Housing Authority in 2025 saw a record interest in its homeownership program from Section 8 tenants. . Thirty-five families who rely on Section 8 applied to be part of the program for the first time, the highest number in the program’s two-decade history. In...
Cynthia Whitaker leaned against the wall in her new house on South Salina Street and took a deep breath. “Well, how about that?” she said. Then “Yes.” “Yes. Yes. Yes.” She walked from room to room, opening closet doors and inspecting the shiny marble-like kitchen...
By William J. Simmons | Syracuse Housing Authority William J. Simmons, Esq., is executive director of the Syracuse Housing Authority. There has been a lot of news about the Syracuse Housing Authority (SHA) lately, and I understand why people have questions. As the...
Excavators started clawing down the first public housing apartments in McKinney Manor Tuesday to make way for the new East Adams neighborhood – an ambitious 11-phase, $1 billion redevelopment near downtown Syracuse. In the end, 672 units of public housing are...
Syracuse, N.Y. – Construction began on the first new apartment buildings for the East Adams Neighborhood transformation project on Wednesday. It’s a $102 million development to replace the public housing units demolished at McKinney Manor. It’s the first of 11 phases...
