HUD Secretary Traveled to Kansas City

Announced that the City and Housing Authority Partnership Will Receive $30 Million.

HUD Secretary Julián Castro traveled to Kansas City on September 28 to announce that the city and housing authority partnership will receive $30 million. It is a Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grant to redevelop severely distressed public housing and revitalize the Paseo Gateway district.

[Photo 1: (left to right): Ed Lowndes, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, SOHUD, Mayor Sly James, Sebra Scrogrum.]
Secretary Castro was joined by Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II, Mayor Sly James,
Ed Lowndes, Executive Director of the Housing Authority of Kansas City and
Sebra Scrogrum, President of Chouteau Courts Residents Association.

[Photo 2: SOHUD Greets Residents of Choteau Courts]
SOHUD Greets Residents of Choteau Courts

Secretary Castro also participated in the ConnectHome Summit at the Sprint Accelerator co-working space in the tech and Crossroads Art District of Kansas City.

[Photo 3: SOHUD at ConnectHome Summit with audience]
SOHUD at ConnectHome Summit with audience

To close the digital divide and expand access to high-speed broadband to families of public housing, ConnectHome is a White House initiative (https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/07/15/fact-sheet-connecthome-coming-together-ensure-digital-opportunity-all).

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Content Archived: January 3, 2017