CHA Has 2nd Lottery For Fairmount Ave. Townhomes, Maple Hills Apartments

100 Additional Tickets To Be Drawn May 18

Friday, May 11, 2012

The Chattanooga Housing Authority is having a second public random drawing to pull 100 tickets from a pool of eligible lottery applicants for its Fairmount Avenue Townhomes and Maple Hills Apartments. The lottery will take place on Friday, May 18, at 11 a.m. at CHA’s Central Office at 801 N. Holtzclaw Ave. Applicants do not have to be present at the drawing.

A list of the ticket numbers drawn will be posted online at www.chahousing.org. The list will also be available to view at all of CHA’s public housing communities and Central Office from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Fairmount, in North Chattanooga, will feature nine three-bedroom units and nine two-bedroom units, as well as walking trails and solar panels on the roof that will supply about 10 percent of the site’s energy needs. Maple Hills is a 48-unit complex in East Chattanooga that will also feature two- and three-bedroom town home-style apartments. Both properties are expected to be LEED-certified.

Fairmount is scheduled to open later this month while Maple Hills is set to open this summer.

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