HUD
No. 03-091
Brian Sullivan
(202)708-0685, x7527
www.hud.gov/news
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For
Release
Friday
September 5, 2003 |
BUSH ADMINISTRATION AWARDS $24.6 MILLION TO HELP RURAL COMMUNITIES STIMULATE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CREATE JOBS
Funds will help produce affordable housing in 32 States and Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON
- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez today announced $24.6
million in grants to help rural communities in 32 states and Puerto Rico produce
affordable housing and stimulate economic development. The funding announced
today is provided through HUD's Rural Housing and Economic Development Program.
Rural
non-profit organizations, federally recognized Native American tribes, Community
Development Corporations and state agencies will administer these grants. The
funding will help 87 rural communities to build and improve affordable housing,
create jobs and generate community and economic development (see attached list).
"This
funding demonstrates the Bush Administration's continued investment in rural
communities across our country," said Martinez. "These grants will
not only help fund critically needed housing and economic development projects
but will help generate even more funding from other public and private sources."
Rural
communities will use this funding as seed money to pay the start-up costs for
activities undertaken by new organizations or for specific housing or economic
development projects undertaken by new or existing groups. These grants will
also help organizations to hire and train their staffs, develop strategic plans
and acquire office space and other needed facilities. It's expected HUD's funding
will leverage an additional $44 million from other public and private sources.
HUD's Rural
Housing and Economic Development grants help pay for land acquisition, new home
construction, housing demolition, infrastructure improvements and construction
training. Other possible uses include homeownership and financial counseling;
financial assistance to homeowners, businesses and developers; creating microenterprises
and small business incubators; and, establishing lines of credit or revolving
loan pools to benefit the local business community.
HUD is
the nation's housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly
among minorities, creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans,
supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living
with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development as
well as enforces the nation's fair housing laws. More information about HUD
and its programs is available on the Internet at www.hud.gov.
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STATE
|
ORGANIZATION
|
GRANT
AMOUNT
|
|
Alabama
|
Upper Sand Mt. Lager Parish |
$150,000
|
Arizona
|
International
Sonoran Desert Alliance |
$400,000
|
AZ
Dept. of Housing |
$400,000
|
Navajo
Partnership for Housing |
$400,000
|
PPEP
Microbusiness and Housing Development Corporation |
$400,000
|
Nogales
Main Street Assn. |
$389,297
|
AZ-Mexico
Border Health Foundation |
$150,000
|
Arkansas |
AR
Human Development Corporation |
$400,000
|
California
|
I-5
Social Services Corporation |
$400,000
|
Fresno
West Coal. For Economic Development |
$150,000
|
Westside
Housing and Economic Network Inc. |
$400,000
|
North
Fork Community Development Council, Inc. |
$400,000
|
Tule
River Economic Development Corporation |
$400,000
|
Walking
Shield American Indian Soc. |
$400,000
|
Colorado
|
Region
9 Economic Dist. Of Southwest CO |
$148,925
|
Florida
|
Empowerment
Alliance of SW Florida |
$147,728
|
Georgia
|
Housing
Partners Inc. $150,000 |
|
Area
Community To Improve Opportunities Now |
$61,275
|
Georgia
Legal Services Program Inc. |
$150,000
|
Partnership
Housing Affordable to Society Everywhere |
$150,000
|
Crisp
Area Habitat for Humanity |
$150,000
|
Southwest
Georgia United Empowerment Zone |
$400,000
|
Indiana
|
Area
12 Council on Aging and Community Services |
$150,000
|
Iowa |
Homeward,
Inc. |
$400,000
|
Kansas |
Homestead Affordable Housing Inc. |
$400,000
|
Kentucky
|
HPCHDA,
Inc. |
$400,000
|
Kentucky
Highlands Investment Corporation |
$400,000
|
Frontier
Housing |
$400,000
|
People's
Self-Help Housing |
$150,000
|
McCreary
Co. Community Housing Development Corporation |
$150,000
|
Louisiana
|
Macon
Ridge |
$202,400
|
Maine
|
Genesis
Fund |
$39,000
|
Sunrise
Co. Economic Development Council |
$150,000
|
Four
Directions Development Corporation |
$400,000
|
Minnesota
|
Midwest
MN Community Development Corporation |
$400,000
|
Mississippi
Life Renewal Ministries |
$149,296
|
Montana
|
Chippewa
Cree Housing Authority |
$400,000
|
Human
Resources Development Council of District TX |
$150,000
|
The
Heritage Capital Fund |
$399,848
|
Nebraska
|
Ho-Chunk
Community Development Corp |
$400,000
|
New
Mexico |
SER de New Mexico, Inc. |
$150,000
|
Tierra
del Sol Housing Corporation |
$399,625
|
South
Central Council of Governments |
$138,000
|
Mexicano
Land and Education Conservation Trust |
$128,640
|
New
York |
The
Community Unified Today |
$150,000
|
The
Rural Opportunities |
$400,000
|
North
Carolina |
Community
Developers of Beaufort-HYDE |
$397,796
|
Hollister
REACH Inc. |
$190,570
|
Lumbee
Regional Development Assn. |
$379,328
|
Ohio
|
Appalachain
Center For Economic Networks |
$306,394
|
Adams
Brown Counties Economic Opportunities |
$140,572
|
The
Portage Area Development Corporation |
$400,000
|
Oklahoma
|
Little
Dixie Community Action Agency |
$386,207
|
Oregon |
Confederated
Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians |
$150,000
|
Options
for Southern OR |
$108,625
|
Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla |
$150,000
|
Pennsylvania
|
Community
First Fund |
$400,000
|
Community
Action Center Of Southwest |
$148,988
|
Puerto
Rico |
Ceiba
Housing and Economic Development Corporation |
$397,900
|
South
Dakota |
Oti
Kaga |
$400,000
|
Four
Bands Community Fund. |
$100,000
|
The
Lakota Fund |
$150,000
|
The
Oglala Sioux Lakota Housing |
$400,000
|
The
Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing |
$400,000
|
Tennessee
|
Buffalo
Valley, Inc. |
$400,000
|
West
Tennessee Legal Services. |
$150,000
|
Douglas
Cherokee Economic Authority |
$400,000
|
The
Carey Counseling Center |
$400,000
|
Texas
|
Texas
Rural Legal Aid |
$150,000
|
Community
Development Corporation of Brownsville |
$400,000
|
Alianza
para el Desarrollo Communitario |
$374,321
|
El
Paso Empowerment Zone |
$400,000
|
Habitat
for Humanity of Laredo |
$400,000
|
Amigos
Del Valle |
$150,000
|
The
Accion TX |
$400,000
|
Organizacion
Progresiva de San Elizario |
$400,000
|
Center
For Economic Development Opportunities |
$400,000
|
Utah
|
Rural
Housing Development Corporation |
$150,000
|
Virginia |
Rural Housing And Economic Development Innovative Grant |
$399,659
|
Washington
|
Snoqualmie
Indian Tribe |
$140,000
|
Makah
Housing Authority |
$150,000
|
Washington
State Housing Finance Commission |
$387,872
|
Wisconsin |
Ho-Chunk Nation |
$126,626
|
Menominee
Indian Tribe of WI |
$150,000
|
Wisconsin
Department of Commerce |
$400,000
|
West
Virginia |
Preservation
Alliance of West Virginia |
$150,000
|
Southern
Appalachian Labor School |
$400,000
|
Total
|
$24,590,272
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EDITORS
NOTE: For a more complete summary of the local projects, visit www.hud.gov/news/rural.pdf
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