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HOPE VI Demolition Grants to Go to Chicago and PetersburgIllinois largest Housing Authority, Chicago, and one of its smaller authorities, Menard County in Petersburg, have been awarded HOPE VI grants to demolish dilapidated public housing. In Chicago, a $4,803,000 grant for Cabrini Extension South will
demolish 597 older public housing units and a $4,197,000 grant for
Green Homes will demolish 566 units. In Petersburg, a $183,963 grant
will demolish 27 older public housing units. HOPE VI Demolition grants assist public housing authorities (PHAs)
to demolish severely distressed public housing and provide relocation
and other supportive services for residents. "These grants will allow Chicago and Petersburg to remove these
eyesores and be the impetus to improve the site and surrounding
neighborhood," said HUD Secretary Mel Martinez. The two Illinois Housing Authorities were selected from among 102
applications HUD received for the 2002 HOPE VI Demolition funding.
The 102 grant applications came from 62 PHAs, as housing authorities
can apply for multiple grants under this program. The 2002 grants
will fund the demolition of more than 5,700 older public housing
units around the Nation.
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Content Archived: August 3, 2011 | |
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