Colorado-PH-002 Jane Goin (303) 672-5440 |
For Release Thursday June 17, 2010 |
HUD AWARDS $14.4 MILLION TO 47 PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES IN COLORADO TO IMPROVE, PRESERVE PUBLIC HOUSING ACROSS THE STATE
DENVER - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $14,444,842 to 47 public housing authorities in Colorado. The funds will allow the agencies to make major capital improvements to their public housing units. This funding is part of $2.3 billion HUD awarded today to 3,131 agencies across the U.S., the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In Colorado, HUD funds were awarded to:
Adams County Housing Authority |
Commerce City |
$111,288 |
Aurora Housing Authority |
Aurora |
$301,813 |
Boulder County Housing Authority |
Boulder |
$85,941 |
Boulder Housing Partners |
Boulder |
$521,039 |
Burlington Housing Authority |
Burlington |
$51,453 |
Center Housing Authority |
Center |
$49,069 |
Conejos County Housing Authority |
La Jara |
$78,206 |
Costilla County Housing Authority |
San Luis |
$96,181 |
Delta Housing Authority |
Delta |
$137,671 |
Englewood Housing Authority |
Englewood |
$162,565 |
Fort Collins Housing Authority |
Fort Collins |
$245,313 |
Fort Morgan Housing Authority |
Fort Morgan |
$129,734 |
Grand Junction Housing Authority |
Grand Junction |
$55,838 |
Holyoke Housing Authority |
Holyoke |
$45,937 |
Housing Authority for the Town of Cheyenne Wells |
Cheyenne Wells |
$41,176 |
Housing Authority of Antonito |
Antonito |
$48,971 |
Housing Authority of the City And County of Denver |
Denver |
$6,756,980 |
Housing Authority of the City of Alamosa |
Alamosa |
$325,735 |
Housing Authority of the City of Brighton |
Brighton |
$64,364 |
Housing Authority of the City of Brush |
Brush |
$42,967 |
Housing Authority of the City of Colorado Springs |
Colorado Springs |
$1,123,571 |
Housing Authority of the City of Fort Lupton |
Fort Lupton |
$118,480 |
Housing Authority of the City of Fountain |
Fountain |
$53,995 |
Housing Authority of the City of Greeley |
Greeley |
$146,921 |
Housing Authority of the City of Lamar |
Lamar |
$49,510 |
Housing Authority of the City of Pueblo |
Pueblo |
$1,386,473 |
Housing Authority of the City of Salida |
Salida |
$74,031 |
Housing Authority of the City of Sterling |
Sterling |
$180,310 |
Housing Authority of the City of Walsenburg |
Walsenburg |
$215,842 |
Housing Authority of the City of Wray |
Wray |
$61,913 |
Housing Authority of the County of Montezuma |
Cortez |
$55,440 |
Housing Authority of the Town of Aguilar |
Aguilar |
$29,626 |
Housing Authority of the Town of Haxtun |
Haxtun |
$34,508 |
Housing Authority of the Town of Holly |
Holly |
$25,699 |
Housing Authority of the Town of Keenesburg |
Keenesburg |
$28,065 |
Housing Authority of the Town of Kersey |
Kersey |
$22,549 |
Housing Authority of the Town of Limon |
Limon |
$62,318 |
Housing Authority of the Town of Yuma |
Yuma |
$73,651 |
Julesburg Housing Authority |
Julesburg |
$87,468 |
La Junta Housing Authority |
La Junta |
$157,639 |
Lakewood Housing Authority |
Lakewood |
$360,442 |
Littleton Housing Authority |
Littleton |
$217,941 |
Longmont Housing Authority |
Longmont |
$11,862 |
Louisville Housing Authority |
Boulder |
$22,230 |
Loveland Housing Authority |
Loveland |
$108,560 |
Trinidad Housing Authority |
Trinidad |
$318,300 |
Wellington Housing Authority |
Fort Collins |
$65,257 |
COLORADO TOTAL |
$14,444,842 |
"Housing authorities will add this funding to the $4 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 they received last year to continue addressing long-standing capital improvements that public housing communities need," said Donovan. "This funding will also stimulate the economy and create jobs in these communities."
The funding announced today is allocated through HUD's Capital Fund Program that provides annual funding to
public housing authorities to develop, finance, 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 these grants have provided important funding to housing authorities for the past 75 years, HUD is proposing
in its 2011 budget a new initiative - Preservation, Enhancement and Transforming Rental Assistance (PETRA) -
that, will offer housing authorities options to enable them to leverage public and private financing to address capital needs and make public housing units affordable for the long term. HUD estimates that unfunded capital needs of the nation's 1.2 million public housing units range from $20 to $30 billion.
PETRA would enable federal housing programs to leverage $7 billion in other capital in the first year - and as much
as $25 billion in the years to come - giving owners of affordable housing access to the resources they need to preserve this housing into the future. In its 2011 budget proposal before Congress, HUD is requesting $350 million
to fund the first phase of the PETRA initiative, which will preserve 300,000 units of public and assisted housing; streamline and increase program administrative efficiency; and enhance housing choice for residents.
HUD Assistant Secretary Sandra Henriquez said, "This funding is a great resource for housing authorities, but we believe this new approach will give housing authorities a better way to address their capital needs over the long
haul."
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