HUD No. 11-32 Gene Gibson NeighborWorks America (415) 489-6414 |
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Release Tuesday July 12, 2011 |
HUD AWARDS $76.9 MILLION TO IMPROVE, PRESERVE NATION'S PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK IN CALIFORNIA
Annual funding to housing authorities a down payment toward addressing
$25.6B backlog in large-scale repair, renovation costs
WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $76.9 million to public housing authorities in California. The funds will allow the agencies to make major large-scale improvements to their public housing units. View a full list of public housing authorities receiving funding on HUD's website. Below are the awarded California agencies:
California | Alameda County Housing Authority | Hayward | $310,946 |
City of Alameda Housing Authority | Alameda | $183,630 | |
City of Benicia Housing Authority | Benicia | $100,715 | |
City of Berkeley Housing Authority | Berkeley | $111,739 | |
City of Eureka Housing Authority | Eureka | $298,056 | |
City of Richmond Housing Authority | Richmond | $803,684 | |
City of Sacramento Housing Authority | Sacramento | $2,972,812 | |
City of South San Francisco Housing Authority | South San Francisco | $117,721 | |
City of Wasco Housing Authority | Wasco | $30,828 | |
County of Butte Housing Authority | Chico | $601,931 | |
County of Contra Costa Housing Authority | Martinez | $1,851,801 | |
County of Merced Housing Authority | Merced | $755,369 | |
County of Monterey Housing Authority | Salinas | $1,045,837 | |
County of Plumas Housing Authority | Quincy | $144,966 | |
County of Sacramento Housing Authority | Sacramento | $1,554,066 | |
County of San Joaquin Housing Authority | Stockton | $2,009,160 | |
County of San Mateo Housing Authority | Belmont | $246,488 | |
County of Stanislaus Housing Authority | Modesto | $1,055,488 | |
County of Sutter Housing Authority | Yuba City | $258,596 | |
Dublin Housing Authority | Hayward | $241,902 | |
Housing Authority City of Fresno | Fresno | $1,588,321 | |
Housing Authority of County of Marin | San Rafael | $872,213 | |
Housing Authority of Fresno County | Fresno | $1,885,495 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Baldwin Park | Baldwin Park | $12,770 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Calexico | Calexico | $454,709 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Lomita | Lomita | $86,030 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles | Los Angeles | $15,853,440 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Needles | Needles | $64,739 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Oxnard | Oxnard | $1,609,047 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Paso Robles | Paso Robles | $190,360 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Pleasanton | Pleasanton | $47,694 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Port Hueneme | Port Hueneme | $95,968 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Riverbank | Riverbank | $106,725 | |
Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura | Ventura | $1,053,546 | |
Housing Authority of the City of San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | $225,727 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | $721,519 | |
Housing Authority of the City of Upland | Upland | $133,995 | |
Housing Authority of the County of Kern | Bakersfield | $1,270,972 | |
Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles | Monterey Park | $4,789,583 | |
Housing Authority of the County of Riverside | Riverside | $615,220 | |
Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino | San Bernardino | $3,496,261 | |
Housing Authority of the County of San Diego | San Diego | $146,784 | |
Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara | Lompoc | $897,611 | |
Housing Authority of the County of Ventura | Newbury Park | $398,261 | |
Housing Authority of the County Santa Clara | San Jose | $710,940 | |
Hsg Auth of the City of Livermore | Livermore | $185,926 | |
Imperial Valley Housing Authority | Brawley | $894,401 | |
Kings County Housing Authority | Hanford | $535,191 | |
Mendocino County | Ukiah | $187,988 | |
Oakland Housing Authority | Oakland | $7,017,498 | |
San Diego Housing Commission | San Diego | $1,680,429 | |
San Francisco Housing Authority | San Francisco | $11,560,377 | |
Santa Cruz County Housing Authority | Santa Cruz | $371,909 | |
The Housing Authority of the City of Madera | Madera | $391,984 | |
Tulare County Housing Authority | Visalia | $1,272,261 | |
Yolo County Housing Authority | Woodland | $819,349 | |
California Total | $76,940,978 |
HUD's Capital Fund Program provides annual funding to all public housing authorities to build, repair, renovate and/or modernize the public housing in their communities. This funding can be used to make large-scale improvements such as new roofs and to make energy-efficient upgrades to replace old plumbing and electrical systems.
"While this funding will certainly help housing authorities address long-standing capital improvements, it only
scratches the surface in addressing the deep backlog we're seeing across the country," said Donovan. "Housing Authorities need nearly $26 billion to keep these homes safe and decent for families, but given our budget realities,
we must find other, innovative ways to confront the decline of our public housing stock. That's why we introduced our new Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) as part of our comprehensive strategy to keep these homes on firm financial footing."
Sandra B. Henriquez, HUD Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, added, "Unless we transform the way
we fund our public housing authorities, local managers will be increasingly forced to choose between repairing roofs, replacing plumbing, or worst of all, demolishing or selling their properties. We simply can't afford to let that happen."
Earlier this month, HUD released Capital Needs in the Public Housing Program, a study that updated the national estimate of capital needs in the public housing stock in the U.S. The study found the nation's 1.2 million public housing units are facing an estimate $25.6 billion in much-needed large scale repairs. Unlike routine maintenance, capital needs are the large-scale improvements required to make the housing decent and economically sustainable, such as replacing roofs or updating plumbing and electrical systems to increase energy efficiency. This study updates a 1998 analysis and includes costs to address overdue repairs, accessibility improvements for disabled residents, lead abatement, and water and energy conservation that would make the homes more cost effective and energy efficient.
Over the last 75 years, the Federal Government has invested billions in the development and maintenance of public and multifamily housing - including providing critical support through HUD's Capital Fund. Still, the nation continues
to lose thousands of public housing units annually, primarily due to disrepair. To protect the considerable Federal investment and respond to the growing demand for affordable rental housing, the Obama Administration has proposed a comprehensive strategy to preserve this inventory. HUD's Transforming Rental Assistance Initiative will allow
housing authorities to leverage public and private financing to address capital needs and make public housing units affordable for the long term.
In FY 2012, HUD is requesting $200 million for a Transforming Rental Assistance demonstration to rehabilitate
federally subsidized affordable housing, including public and multifamily housing units. The Rental Assistance Demonstration would allow owners to continue to make standard life-cycle improvements to this inventory, modernize or replace obsolete units, and stem the loss of stock from private sector partners choosing to opt-out of affordable housing programs. The funds used to bring 255,000 properties into a reliable, long term, project-based rental assistance contract will enable public housing authorities to raise more than $6.1 billion in private financing to reduce the large backlog of capital repair needs and in the process, support significant job creation in communities across
the country.
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