Invitation to Bid for Construction of New Single Family Housing Units (CHIP)

Invitation to Bid Griffin Housing Authority: Construction Of New Single Family Housing Units (CHIP)

Invitation to Bid Griffin Housing Authority

Sealed Bid # 23-1

Construction of New Single Family Housing Units (CHIP)

The Griffin Housing Authority is accepting sealed bids from qualified Georgia Licensed General Contractors to construction 2 new housing units within the City of Griffin.    This project is to be funded with Community Home Investment Program funds and thus is subject to all applicable Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights guidelines.  The work to be performed under this contract is under a program providing direct Federal financial assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1701 U.

Contractors must hold an active Residential Basic, Residential-Light Commercial Contractor, or General Contractor License and maintain insurance.  The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, and services required to fulfill the terms and conditions of this bid. 

Bids will be received by the Griffin Housing Authority, 327 S. 9th Street, Griffin, Georgia 30224 until vu11:00 AM local time on January 16, 2024.  Late documents will not be considered nor returned.

Bids may not be withdrawn for sixty (60) days after the time and date set for closing, except as allowed by OCGA. Henry County reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any technicalities.

To obtain bid documents and specifications please contact Sherry Kurtz, Grant Specialists of Georgia at 229-942-4424 or by email at gagrantspecialists@gmail.com.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to re-advertise.

Covid -19 Testing for Griffin Housing Authority Residents

District 4 Public Health, Griffin Housing Authority (GHA) and the Salvation Army did a community partnership for free COVID-19 testing in Spalding County for GHA residents. The event took place on May 13, 2020 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Iris Walking Trail located behind the Salvation Army. There were 150 + people that were tested at the walk up specimen collection site.

GHA’s Annual Strong Families Initiative

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Griffin Housing Authority held its Strong Families Initiative Saturday, June 1, 2019 in the old baseball field located at Spalding County’s Fairmont Park.  The initiative originated as HUD’s Father’s Day in 2011, although it is well known that it’s the mothers that do much of the heavy lifting as it relates to raising families.

In public housing communities where 75% of families are led by single women, that’s an enormous amount of responsibility, and one which should be given due consideration. HUD’s focus on Father’s Day was intended to bring awareness to the grim statistics children living in father-absent homes face. Fatherhood should not only be a topic with which we speak only with men. Fatherhood programs have more recently found that if they only work with men and never connect with their female partners, then there is less reason for the female partner to want to connect with the father.

Our new focus on both parents will aim to connect men and women to resources that will aid in improving these outcomes and unify the family. Involved fathers empower mothers, and by empowering mothers, families succeed.

GHA Hosts GSU’s Housing and Health Learning Academy

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Griffin Housing Authority played host to Georgia State University’s Georgia Homes for Healthy Futures (HHF) Housing and Health Learning Academy Thursday, May 30, 2019 at UGA Griffin Stuckey Auditorium.  HHF is a framework that supports sustainable systems and practices that intentionally focus on achieving environmental, individual and community aspirations, leading to thriving people and places now, and for generations to come.  Session II: entitled “Stakeholders & Partnerships” focused on exploring the role of partner engagement in advancing the vision of HHF and was attended by over 6 additional Public Housing Authorities and/or Housing Agencies and Management companies throughout Central Georgia.

Selected recommendation for engaging residents and creating partnerships center around 3 components of housing; 

  • Interiors: which reduce stressors and sleep disturbances, and enhance a sense of wellbeing

  • Exteriors: which maximize the use of semipublic space, fostering resident commitment by participating in programs that could produce job creation or provide community service opportunities.

  • Site-based advances: which designate gathering places for adults, improve pedestrian and bicycle circulation, cluster building groups, provide more areas for older children, and create small play areas in existing courtyards in view of other buildings.  Additional recommendations of site-based advances could include gardening, increase and improve on existing trees and vegetation and the creation of suitable space for physical activity, exercise, and health education

Outstanding Community Service Award

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Mr. Robert Dull, CEO Griffin Housing Authority (GHA) was awarded the Outstanding Community Service Award during the Xi Beta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Annual China Luncheon. The China Luncheon held Saturday, April 27, 2019. at the Upson-Lee High School in Thomaston, Georgia celebrates the achievements of Community leaders, Career Milestones for Educators and awards scholarships to High School and College Students along with presenting the C.R Walker Fine Arts Scholarship and the Giles and Jeannette Howard King Book Scholarships .  Kenda Woodard Amin, GHA Director of Housing Operations accepted the award on Mr. Dull’s behalf.