IHA Celebrates 25 years!

inte8821 • December 22, 2016

Community leaders and partners joined IHA on October 27th to help us celebrate 25 years of providing affordable and workforce housing.

The event, held at the historic Ceresville Mansion, recognized partners from the past and the present. Our night of celebration gave us the chance to reminisce about all of people we have assisted through our work over the past 25 years. We also revealed current opportunities that are in progress and future plans for communities and programs that might yet come to fruition.

Dan Ryan, a pillar of support, was honored for his financial and volunteer contributions to IHA. The community room at the 520 North Market Street project, will carry Dan Ryan’s name as soon as it is completed. The community is scheduled for completion in early 2018.

Recognition was bestowed upon the countless number of volunteers, clients, community partners, board members,and development partners that have worked hand in hand, assisting, and in many cases benefiting, from the work that IHA has accomplished over two and one half decades.

We invite you to relive the evening’s fare by watching the evening unfold!

Voices of Affordable Housing

By Jodie Ostoich • May 25, 2025
Voices of Affordable Housing: Affordable Housing

Gary Free resident at Residences at Railroad Square Apartments

March 3, 2025
Gary Free grew up in Brunswick, MD. The first time he saw the Residences at Railroad Square, he knew he would love to live in the apartments. Now all he can think to himself is, “I am living here!” Gary said the day he signed his lease he was so happy! He has a picture hanging in his apartment that says, “You’re Home.” Gary looks at it often and says to himself, “I am!” He finally feels at peace. Gary feels his home is nice! He also feels one of the ways of living at Residences of Railroad Square is that he now has everything he ever wanted, asked for and needed. The only thing he feels is a concern is that most of the time he gets lonely. His goal is to try to meet people. He says, “I’m a very friendly person.” Gary says his experience living at the Residences at Railroad Square has been rather good. If he has any concerns he can talk to the office staff. He feels it can’t get any better than this!

Lease-up of Residence of Railroad Square

By Crystal Thomas • March 3, 2025
With excitement and anticipation, I watched the groundbreaking on June 29, 2023, with my assistant Vickie and IHA’s Supportive Services coordinator, Sandi. By the middle of September 2023 concrete walls were being set up. We watched as the roof was completed; then the windows and doors were installed. We impatiently waited for the day we received permission to see the inside of the Residences of Railroad Square property. Finally, on September 25, 2024, we had the privilege to tour the inside of this beautiful property. On the weekend of September 27, 2024, the IHA property management team along with the CEO Jodie, held a two-day in-person application event. The owners of First Stop Brunswick generously donated their space at 2. E. Baltimore Street. That lease up kick off generated 56 applications. Over the next three months, ninety more applications were submitted. Each applicant came with their own story which stirred our hearts. No matter how different their stories may have been, they all had the same wish, a place to call home for Christmas! On November 5, 2024, the first resident signed their lease and on December 23, 2024, the last empty unit was filled! Not only were we able to fulfill these residents' Christmas wishes but it also filled our hearts with joy!
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