12 Jan

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Broward College awarded the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale’s (HACFL) StepUp Apprenticeship Program $5,000 to support their Martin Luther King (MLK) Day of Service event. The event will take place on Saturday, January 13 at Northwest Gardens IV Community Room, located at 1225 NW 7th Street, Fort Lauderdale. There will be two sessions: 12:00...

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06 Nov

Right in the middle of Fort Lauderdale’s historic  Sistrunk neighborhood -where crime, drugs and violence used to rule a community — there’s a farm. And not just any farm. The Northwest Gardens community has built inside of Sistrunk a farm large enough to feed vegetables to the estimated 1,500 people who live in its more than 600 low-income housing apartments. Residents who live here can...

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29 Jul

FORT LAUDERDALE (Monday, June 12, 2017) – The Housing Authority of the City of Ft. Lauderdale (HACFL) and Atlantic | Pacific Communities (A|P Communities) are pleased to announce the grand opening of the fifth phase of the Northwest Gardens Sustainable Neighborhood and rededication of Dr. William H. Lindsey Apartments. HACFL and A|P Communities will gather with the community on Thursday,...

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10 Jul

Affordable housing is rejuvenating the Northwest Gardens neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale. Urban blight throttled the area in the heart of Sistrunk roughly 10 years ago. Today, redevelopment has provided homes for more than 1,500 residents. "Improved housing and vibrant community partnerships have resulted in lower crime, better school test scores and a happier, healthier community," said Tam English, executive director of...

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30 Jun

The affordable housing stock is growing slowly as new projects in Broward and Palm Beach counties address the need among low-income residents. Atlantic | Pacific Communities and the Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lauderdale celebrated a groundbreaking Thursday on Northwest Gardens V with city commissioners Dean Trantalis and Robert L. McKinzie among the dignitaries in attendance.   The 200-unit apartment complex...

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