$300,000 Each to Two San Francisco Housing Developers

Region IX Deputy Regional Administrator Wayne Sauseda announces the HUD Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants for San Francisco in the Mayor's Office

On October 12, 2012 HUD Deputy Regional Administrator Wayne Sauseda joined San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, City Supervisor Mahlia Cohen, San Francisco Housing Authority Director Henry Alvarez and other city officials and community members. They were there to celebrate HUD's awarding of $300,000 each to two San Francisco housing developers.

The HUD Choice Neighborhood Planning Grant recipients were the Bridge Housing Corporation and the Sunnydale Development Company. The two grants will provide the Sunnydale/Visitacion and South Potrero neighborhoods the resources they need to craft comprehensive, community-driven plans to revitalize public or other HUD-assisted housing and transform their neighborhoods.

Deputy Regional Administrator Sauseda said, "HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Initiative represents the next generation in a movement toward revitalizing entire neighborhoods to improve the quality of the lives of the residents who live there."

Both Bridge Housing Corporation and the Sunnydale Development Company will hope to participate in the next round
of competitive funding when HUD announces the NOFA for the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants. San Francisco was the only urban center in the nation to receive two Choice Neighborhood Planning grants.

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