Lancaster City Housing Authority

We are incredibly grateful to our partners at Union Community Care for providing our residents and staff with rapid test kits! Thank you for keeping our neighbors safe as we strive to keep our community healthy. If you or a family member is in need of rapid test kits, you can order free at-home tests using this link: https://www.covidtests.gov/ We hope you continue to take care of yourselves and others!

This morning The Salvation Army, Lancaster Corps welcomed our team to join their annual toy distribution in Lancaster City. We are grateful for the opportunity to continue serving our community and hopefully provide some smiles to children this holiday season!

This morning our staff helped to support The Salvation Army, Lancaster Corps annual toy drive! We had a wonderful time volunteering with our fellow neighbors and community members to spread holiday cheer!

As we prepare for the holiday season, we have much to be grateful for! Our friends at Patriot Homes helped us to distribute over 80 turkeys and food baskets to our residents in time for Thanksgiving. Wishing our residents and neighbors the happiest of holidays this season- we are thankful for you!

This Thursday, please join us in celebrating two special resident milestones. The first is resident Ms. Hazel's 98th birthday! Additionally, we will be celebrating our residents who have called the LCHA home for over 30 years. We are thankful for Ms. Hazel and our residents who have placed their trust in us to provide safe, healthy, and affordable homes in Lancaster City!

Our Executive Director, Barbara Ellis Wilson, has been accepted into the 2021 Cohort of the Lancaster County Community Foundation's Baldwin Leaders. We are so grateful and proud of her consistent dedication to our mission, team, and residents. Congratulations on this award! The Baldwin Leadership Program works to build strong community leaders who reflect Lancaster County today and tomorrow. To learn more about this year's cohort, click here: https://www.lancfound.org/introducing-the-2021-baldwin-lea/

Our resident’s safety and health are our top priorities. We are grateful to have a partner in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) who recognizes our goals and supports our efforts to provide healthy homes. It is with great enthusiasm we share our news of being awarded a Housing-Related Hazards Grant, in the amount of $880,000, to upgrade our fire suppression systems and flooring in Farnum Street East & the Church Street Towers. ... Our team continuously strives to meet the growing needs of our aging buildings, please join us in celebrating these upgrades to keep our residents and neighborhoods safe!

Join us this Friday, August 20th from 11:00 AM- 2:00 PM for a Back-to-School Block Party! We look forward to seeing you and celebrating our students!

Some exciting news for a Monday morning! The Lancaster City Housing Authority’s Franklin Terrace has been recognized by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as an EnVision Center. 1 of only 98 sites nation-wide, EnVision Centers are centralized hubs providing our neighbors with the necessary resources to empower families and individuals. Lancaster City is now home to one of these centers dedicated to economic empowerment, educational advancement, health and wellne...ss, and character and leadership. We are grateful for the support we have received from Danene Sorace, Mayor of Lancaster in celebrating this honor. Watch the virtual announcement today!

A reminder for anyone who is currently on one of our Public Housing and/or Section 8 waiting lists. Please make sure your information is current and up to date! If you have any changes in your mailing address, phone number, email address, or family composition, please contact our office as soon as possible to report these changes. You can report changes to 717-397-2835 ext. 3020 or ext. 3021. You can also email your changes to [email protected].

Art has the power to transform. We would like to showcase artwork within our halls in hopes of uplifting our residents with visual inspiration and joy. We are seeking donations of new or gently used art (paintings, drawings, framed, or unframed) to be hung on the combined 18 floors of the Farnum Street and Church Street Towers. If you or your organization/company have art pieces to donate or you have a mural concept, contact Susan Walker, [email protected] or 717-283-0434

Free to new home! If you are interested in having these lobby seats/table sets - (there is another row not in photograph), please email: [email protected] *New owner(s) must pick up

Food Box Delivery Tomorrow (12/30/20) at the LCHA Susquehanna Court and Franklin Terrace locations. City of Lancaster is also providing other pick up locations.

Our maintenance team is taking care of our homes. Working to ensure the safety of our community, we are grateful for their service throughout the afternoon and late into the evening. Pictured are Jay & Ty- Great work guys!

The fantastic team of CATE and Lancaster Health Center roll in, set up and get to work!

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Care packages were provided by a partnership between Leadership Lancaster, Lancaster Community Foundation, the School District of Lancaster and the Mayor’s office. All the residents of the Farnum Street East & Church Street Towers were proved with various items including: hygiene products, snacks, a water bottle, and first aide products. Thank you to everyone involved with making the care packages!

COVID-19 UPDATE: In Pennsylvania, masks must now be worn whenever anyone leaves home. This is essential to stopping the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania. More about this requirement: on.pa.gov/2VFj7Dk

LCHA is bidding farewell to our employee Arnaldo Lopez today. Arnaldo has been with LCHA since 2012 - he started as a temporary maintenance worker and eventually worked up to being our Inventory Clerk. Arnaldo also was the company photographer and managed our social media accounts. He will be missed, and we wish him good luck as he pursues a new career opportunity.

Karla Verkouw of the Lancaster Health Center and Izzy Rivera of the Lancaster City Housing Authority stand by the Covid-19 testing tent behind Church Street Towers. The Lancaster Health Center is providing free Covid-19 test to residents at Church Street Towers. Nearly 40 residents will be tested today. The LCHA is grateful for it's partnership with the Lancaster Health Center. Lancaster Health CenterCity of Lancaster, PA Government