Planning for Housing Conference Continues

Early bird registration is now open for the June 15, 2011 Durham Conference on Housing. For details, visit http://housing2011.com. Main topic areas include Housing, Transportation and Job Training/Education. Should be a great event!

Come out for National Night Out - Aug. 3

Durham Housing Authority is proud to once again support the National Night Out, which begins with a rally and kickoff on Tuesday, August 3, 4:30pm-6:30pm, Holton Career and Resource Center, 401 N. Driver Street. Sponsored by Citywide Partners Against Crime (PAC) volunteers, Police Department staff, city officials and community leaders make remarks prior to start of National Night Out neighborhood activities. Free entertainment, food, safety information and community resource material.

DHA Senior Manager Achieves CPM® Designation

DHA congratulates Tammy Atkins, Senior Property Manager, for her recent accomplishment:

RALEIGH – The Greater Raleigh-Durham Chapter 105 of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) recently inducted three new Certified Property Managers (CPM®) at their January and March general meetings. Shane McGroarty (The Dilweg Companies), Tammy Atkins (Durham Housing Authority) and Dennis Erny (Allen O'Hara Education Services, Inc.) were all sworn in by IREM President Tracey Johnson, CPM®.

CPM is a real estate professional designation that is awarded by IREM and recognized by the National Association of REALTORS (NAR). To attain a CPM designation, candidates must join IREM, as well as their local IREM Chapter. They must also pass several IREM-required courses including marketing, human resources, asset management, and ethics and complete a management plan on a subject building.

Hi Speed Durham - YEAH!

DHA proudly supports the effort to bring Google's Fiberoptic Beta project to the Bull City. You can help! Go to http://hifiberdurham.com and click on the "Nominate" button and tell Google why this project should come to Durham. Then, Tweet to your friends about the project with the tag #hifiberdurham. Google will count tweets and blog posts and, oh, yeah, if you have one of those airplanes that pulls a banner, that would be good too!

Landlord Account Access is almost here!

In the coming weeks, DHA landlords will be receiving login information for secure online access to their DHA Housing Choice Voucher account. Earlier this year, landlords enrolled in Direct Deposit and this next step will allow them to reconcile their monthly accounts using live information.
Along with managing the dollars between DHA and its landlords, the new website will also make it much easier for landlords to keep in close touch with DHA's inspections department, including schedule monitoring and messaging.When landlords are ready to sign in, they can go to the "Information for Landlords" page on the DHA website and click on the "Landlord Access Website" link. To access the landlord website, which is a secure server.

Art show - Success!

Yes, you're seeing "Stars."

Just one piece from DHA inaugural Art Show, sponored by Resident Servives and (in part) by Target.

As the old saying goes ... a good time was had by all and we got some dandy coverage in the Durham Herald-Sun, too.

Thanks to DHA's own James McCullough, whose own art work was prominantly featured, for dreaming this idea into reality and to Resident Initiatives Coordinator Toni Mills for making it happen. More art makes a better community. Go forth and paint!

Art Show tomorrow at Oldham Towers

Take a look at this link for details on our first Art Show. Should be fun, admission's FREE (good price) and there will be refreshments provided by Target.

Come one, come all!