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HUD No. 13-49
Rhonda Siciliano
(617) 994-8355
For Release
Thursday
August 8, 2013

HUD AWARDS MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING AUTHORITIES $50.3 MILLION TO IMPROVE, PRESERVE NATION'S PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK
Housing authorities across the U.S., territories use funding to maintain housing for families, seniors

BOSTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded public housing authorities in Massachusetts more than $50.3 million that will be used to make major large-scale improvements to their public housing units. 

The following housing authorities in Massachusetts will receive this funding.

Massachusetts Housing Authorities Funding Amount
Amherst Housing Authority $17,558
Auburn Housing Authority $77,132
Barnstable Housing Authority $74,521
Beverly Housing Authority $181,820
Boston Housing Authority $18,496,050
Bourne Housing Authority $67,812
Brockton Housing Authority $2,018,936
Brookline Housing Authority $603,709
Cambridge Housing Authority $3,129,176
Chelsea Housing Authority $632,595
Chicopee Housing Authority $530,619
Clinton Housing Authority $113,365
Concord Housing Authority $23,825
Danvers Housing Authority $93,756
Dedham Housing Authority $29,042
Dracut Housing Authority $35,563
Fall River Housing Authority $2,181,424
Falmouth Housing Authority $259,471
Fitchburg Housing Authority $79,496
Framingham Housing Authority $288,828
Gloucester Housing Authority $116,770
Groveland Housing Authority $56,187
Hanson Housing Authority $7,656
Holyoke Housing Authority $1,050,408
Hudson Housing Authority $85,434
Lawrence Housing Authority $1,384,676
Lexington Housing Authority $92,846
Lowell Housing Authority $2,422,079
Lynn Housing Authority $598,185
Malden Housing Authority $1,676,785
Maynard Housing Authority $38,094
Medford Housing Authority $845,162
Medway Housing Authority $107,839
Methuen Housing Authority $50,379
Milford Housing Authority $63,882
Needham Housing Authority $86,714
New Bedford Housing Authority $2,802,045
Newburyport Housing Authority $42,629
Newton Housing Authority $272,459
North Adams Housing Authority $323,587
North Andover Housing Authority $112,018
Northampton Housing Authority $114,549
Norwood Housing Authority $89,509
Pembroke Housing Authority $48,913
Pittsfield Housing Authority $180,631
Plymouth Housing Authority $117,181
Quincy Housing Authority $839,833
Revere Housing Authority $218,150
Rockland Housing Authority $36,565
Salem Housing Authority $42,334
Saugus Housing Authority $101,608
Scituate Housing Authority $44,093
Shrewsbury Housing Authority $78,819
Somerville Housing Authority $800,330
Springfield Housing Authority $1,793,550
Stoughton Housing Authority $33,198
Swansea Housing Authority $8,009
Taunton Housing Authority $598,507
Tewksbury Housing Authority $48,307
Salem Housing Authority $42,334
Saugus Housing Authority $101,608
Scituate Housing Authority $44,093
Shrewsbury Housing Authority $78,819
Somerville Housing Authority $800,330
Springfield Housing Authority $1,793,550
Stoughton Housing Authority $33,198
Swansea Housing Authority $8,009
Taunton Housing Authority $598,507
Tewksbury Housing Authority $48,307
Wakefield Housing Authority $37,103
Waltham Housing Authority $336,277
Watertown Housing Authority $48,578
Wayland Housing Authority $93,144
Webster Housing Authority $55,705
Weymouth Housing Authority $80,150
Winchendon Housing Authority $138,825
Woburn Housing Authority $123,494
Worcester Housing Authority $3,082,548
Massachusetts Total $50,360,442

The grants announced today are provided through HUD's Capital Fund Program, which provides funding annually to all public housing authorities to build, repair, renovate and/or modernize the public housing in their communities. The authorities use the funding to do large-scale improvements to the housing such as new roofs or to make energy-efficient upgrades to replace old plumbing and electrical systems.

"This funding is critical for housing authorities to maintain and improve public housing conditions for their residents," said Donovan. "However, with a significant repair backlog, I am encouraged by new, innovative long-term solutions HUD is exploring that can be combined with this funding to not only protect and preserve this housing for the next generation, but to also build the quality infrastructure necessary for families to thrive."

"Housing authorities in Massachusetts count on this funding to maintain and improve their public housing for many families, especially the most vulnerable - our seniors," said Barbara Fields, HUD New England Regional Administrator. "HUD is currently taking bold steps to preserve this affordable housing."

Capital Fund grants are awarded each year to the nation's approximately 3,100 public housing agencies through a formula that considers number, type and age of units in a community. Eligible uses for this funding include development, financing and modernization of the public housing units as well as management improvements at the public housing authority.

Over the past 75 years, the federal government has been working and investing billions of dollars in developing and maintaining public and multifamily housing - including providing critical support through the Capital Fund grants announced today. Still, the nation continues to lose approximately 10,000 public housing units annually, primarily due to disrepair. In 2011, HUD released Capital Needs in the Public Housing Program, a study that estimated the 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 estimated $25.6 billion in large-scale repairs. Unlike routine maintenance, capital needs are extensive improvements required to make the housing decent and economically sustainable, such as replacing roofs or updating plumbing and electrical systems to increase energy efficiency.

To help protect the considerable federal investment and respond to the growing demand for affordable rental housing, the Obama Administration proposed the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), a comprehensive strategy that complements the Capital Fund Program and offers a long-term solution to preserve and enhance the country's affordable housing stock, including leveraging public and private funding to make critically needed improvements.

Since Congress approved the demonstration, early results show it is already generating additional capital for public and assisted housing. After opening RAD application periods last summer, HUD has approved or given initial approval to nearly 20,000 public and assisted housing units in 180 different projects across the country. Through these awards, housing authorities have proposed to generate close to $816 million in private debt and equity investments to reduce the capital backlog in public housing properties, which will preserve or replace distressed units and support local jobs in their communities - all without additional federal resources.

HUD also recently issued new RAD guidance that expands the program's flexibility that will benefit current and future applicants and participants.

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