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Church Housing Corp. holds COVID-19 Clinics onsite for its residents!

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Spring planting at St. Peter's Place in Phoenixville.

The CHC staff visits the latest construction site of Pinckney Hill Commons in West Chester, PA.

Pinckney Hill Commons Breaks Ground

December 2020 - We are excited to announce that our latest initiative, Pinckney Hill Commons, started construction in West Chester, PA.  See the latest article.

St. Peter's Place Celebrates 35 years

In October 2020, we celebrated 35 years since our first building opened its doors to seniors.  In honor of the event, we held a socially distancing ice cream gathering in the parking lot.

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  • Jefferson Place celebrates 20 years!  Our homeless and special needs housing celebrated 20 years of serving the community on December 5th, 2018. CHC is excited to see what the next 20 years has in store for Jefferson Place as we continue our mission of providing affordable, safe special needs housing in Chester County. (Dec 2018)

  • Episcopal House: Celebrated 15 years of service providing housing to low income seniors in Phoenixville, PA. The celebration took place on October 4th 2018. The celebration included the following speakers, Phoenixville's Major Peter Urscheler, Executive Director Kathryn Evans, Site Manager Justine Nieves and Social Service Coordinator Bethany Piccone. During the speeches our speakers recognized and thanked all of the staff and residents for their dedication to the building throughout it's years of service.  (October 2018)

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On January 24, 2020, Kathryn Evans, Executive Director, along with U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan were part of a roundtable discussing the shortage of affordable housing in Chester County.  U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan announced her recent cosponsorships around increasing affordable housing in Chester County and complimented Kathryn and the rest of the Phoenixville Affordable Housing Task Force on their proactive, progressive approach to the issue.

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  • St Peter's Place received a rating of 98b from our recent REAC.  What does this mean?  On an annual basis, HUD will do an inspection of the property.  There are only a few buildings that receive this high rating.  Church Housing Corp is very excited of this rating and it shows how we focus on providing buildings that the residents are proud to call home! (January 2020)

  • In October 2019, Kathryn, our Executive Director, was recognized for her public service by the March of Dimes.  The March of Dimes honored four women from Chester County in its 30th Annual Salute to Women of Achievement.

The 2019 Salute to Women of Achievement honorees are: Maryanne Parsons, President, Partners in Outreach; Sandra L. Knapp, Partner, Gawthrop Greenwood, Attorneys at Law; Dr. Karen Pinsky, Chief Quality Officer, Chester County Hospital; Kathryn Evans, Executive Director, Church Housing Corporation.

  • In December 2017, Kathryn Evans, CHC Executive Director, received the Landlord Excellence Award from The Housing Authority of the County of Chester.

  • In a recent federal mandated physical building inspection, Episcopal Place at Park Row received a score of 92% out of 100%. (2018)

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