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CUOMO ANNOUNCES $12.6 MILLION IN HUD AID FOR HOUSING ELDERLY AND DISABLED IN TENNESSEE AND $595.6 MILLION NATIONWIDEWASHINGTON -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo today announced $12.6 million in HUD assistance to non-profit groups in Minnesota to create subsidized housing for senior citizens and people with disabilities with very low incomes.In Tennessee, the HUD assistance will create: 159 apartment units for the elderly and 33 rental units for people with disabilities. It will also provide rental subsidies to residents of the housing for five years. Nationwide, Cuomo said HUD is awarding $595.6 million to non-profits in 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico this week under the Section 202 Program for senior citizens and the Section 811 program for people with disabilities. The 202 program is awarding $501.3 million of the money and the 811 program is awarding $94.3 million. On a national level, the HUD assistance will create: 6,006 apartment units for the elderly and 1,169 rental units for people with disabilities. It will provide rental subsidies for the units for five years. "My Administration is committed to helping those who need it most," President Clinton said. "The men and women who spent decades working hard to build 20th Century America should not be left without a place to live in 21st Century America. By providing shelter to our most vulnerable citizens, we are improving the quality of life and building a better America for everyone." "America will not turn its back on older Americans and people with disabilities struggling to get by on very low incomes," Cuomo said. "Without HUD assistance, many of these Americans simply could not make it. They would be forced to live in slums, or doubled and tripled up with relatives in overcrowded housing, or sent to nursing homes or other institutions at greater taxpayer expense, or even forced into homelessness in the most extreme cases." The HUD aid is designed to provide housing for people 62 and older and adults with disabilities who have incomes below 50 percent of the area median. Nationally, 50 percent of median income amounts to less than $8,000 a year. Residents pay 30 percent of their income in rent, and HUD subsidies pay the remaining funds needed to operate the housing. HUD provides funds to the non-profits in two forms:
SECTION 202 -- ELDERLY HOUSING Project location: Kingsport, TN Capital advance: $2,063,300 Five-year rental subsidy: $417,000 Non-profit sponsor: Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority of morristown, TN Number units and project description: 38 one-bedroom units of elderly housing will be built. Project location: Morristown, TN Capital advance: $586,000 Five-year rental subsidy: $124,500 Non-profit sponsor: Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority of Morristown, TN Number units and project description: 11 one-bedroom apartments will be built for the elderly. Project location: Knoxville, TN Capital advance: $2,132,300 Five-year rental subsidy: $417,000 Non-profit sponsor: Catholic Healthcare Partners, Inc. of Cincinnati, OH Number units and project description: 37 one-bedroom units will be built for the elderly with one two-bedroom unit for a resident manager. Project location: Savannah, TN Capital advance: $1,187,400 Five-year rental subsidy: $238,000 Non-profit sponsor: McKendree Village, Inc. of Hermitage, TN Number units and project description: 22 units will be built for very low-income elderly. Project location: Jackson, TN Capital advance: $2,682,600 Five-year rental subsidy: $564,500 Non-profit sponsor: Wesley Housing Corp. of Memphis Number units and project description: 50 units of housing will be built for very low-income elderly. SECTION 811 -- HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Project location: Chattanooga, TN Capital Advance: $811,800 Five-year rental subsidy: $180,500 Non-profit sponsor: A.I.M. Center, Inc. of Chattanooga Number units and project description: An existing apartment complex will be redesigned into 16 units for persons with chronic mental illness. Project location: Nashville/Davidson, TN Capital Advance: $1,006,500 Five-year rental subsidy: $173,500 Non-profit sponsor: Accessible Space, Inc. of St. Paul, MN and Brain Injury Association of Hendersonville, TN Number units and project description: A 17-unit independent living facility will be built for persons with physical disabilities.
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