The Syracuse Housing Authority is close to obtaining funding that would help further the redevelopment of public housing on the city’s Southside.
The funding will help SHA build more than 220 units of housing split between a currently vacant lot across from Freedom Commons and the land surrounding Chavez Terrace.
SHA’s contention that it will obtain the funding by the end of the year is a reversal of what Executive Director Bill Simmons has previously said. Earlier this year, Simmons told Central Current in an interview the housing authority would not obtain the funding for portions of the redevelopment…