By Mary Hladky
After years of effort, the rebuilding of the Dixie Manor public housing project will begin soon.
Ashley Whidby, executive director of the Boca Raton Housing Authority, told Boca Raton City Council members in late January that half of D
By Mary Hladky
More than four years of effort by the Boca Raton Housing Authority to secure money and approvals to replace the dilapidated Dixie Manor public housing complex reached a major milestone on May 14 when the City Council voted unanimously
By Mary Hladky
Pearl City cleared a high hurdle to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places on Aug. 3 when the state’s National Register Review Board approved the listing.
The board now will submit a formal nomination to the National Par
By Mary Hladky
The City Council agreed to lend the Boca Raton Housing Authority $640,000 that will make it possible to compete for a Florida Housing Finance Corp. grant to help pay for the planned reconstruction of the Dixie Manor public housing comp
By Mary Hladky
The City Council has appointed two Boca Raton Housing Authority apartment tenants to the authority’s board.
Council members selected Fabiola Bernier and Adel Hachmi at their April 12 meeting after they expanded the board from five to se
By Mary Hladky
After months of entreaties by residents of the Dixie Manor public housing complex, the City Council has unanimously voted to expand the size of the Boca Raton Housing Authority’s board from five to seven members.
Council members did not
By Mary Hladky
City Council members are considering increasing the number of Boca Raton Housing Authority board members to give more residents a say in how the agency operates.
The possible council action comes as residents of the Dixie Manor public h
Angela McDonald lives in Dixie Manor, part of which was built during World War II for Blacks working at the Boca Raton Army Airfield. Today it is public housing run by the Boca Raton Housing Authority. McDonald, on the authority’s board, advocates fo
