HUD
No. 03-091 Brian Sullivan (202) 708-0685 ext. 7527 |
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
$400,000 Grant to Walking Shield American Indian Society in Tustin
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."
The Walking Shield American Indian Society in Tustin was awarded $400,000 to help locate and redistribute surplus military houses to underserved American Indian populations. The partners for this venture include the U.S. Air Force.
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.
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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
|
|
WA State Finance Community |
$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
|