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Welcome
to the colonias Information page!!!
Bienvenidos a la pagina para informacion de las colonias!!!
We've
created this special page for people living in colonias and those
working to improve the conditions in the colonias. We hope you will
bookmark this page and return to it frequently. If you have suggestions
for additional information that we should add to this page, please
let us know.
Hemos
creado esta pagina especialmente para aquellas personas y familias
que viven en las colonias y para aquellos que estan trabajando para
mejorar las condiciones de las colonias. Esperamos que anoten esta
pagina y regresen a ella frequentemente. Si tienen algunas sugerencias
de informacion adicional que debemos agregar a esta pagina, por
favor dejenos saber.
About
Colonias
HUD's
Assistance Programs:
Community
Development Block Grant Program
A colonia
is in this program as any identifiable community in the U.S.-Mexico
border regions of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas that
is determined to be a colonia on the basis of objective criteria,
including lack of a potable water supply, inadequate sewage systems,
and a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing.
The
border region means the area within 150 miles of the U.S.-Mexico
border excluding Metropolitan Statistical Areas with populations
exceeding one million. Section
916 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 required
the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California to set
aside 10 percent of their Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
funds in FY 1991 for colonias. For FY 1992 through FY 1994, HUD,
in consultation with representatives of thecolonias, determined
an appropriate set-aside percentage, not exceeding 10 percent, for
each of the four states. The set-aside was voluntary in FY 1995;
it was required by the appropriations act in FY 1996, and made permanent
by the 1997 appropriations act.
In
FY 1998 Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico set aside 10 percent of their
State CDBG funds for use in colonias while California set aside
two percent. The set-aside funds are used for all CDBG-eligible
activities that meet the needs of colonias. Most of the funds have
been expended on water and sewer and housing assistance.
Community
Development Block Grant Assistance:
Discover
how CDBG funds can be used to assist colonias
Community
Development Block Grants
Rural Housing and Economic Development Program
The Rural Housing and Economic Development program provides
grants for capacity building and support, including seed money,
for housing and economic development in rural areas.
More on Rural
Housing and Economic Development (RHED)
Colonias
Set-Aside Field Contacts
Border Area HUD Field Offices
Federal
Programs for Colonias
General
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