CUOMO ANNOUNCES $31.5 MILLION IN HUD AID FOR HOUSING ELDERLY AND DISABLED IN PENNSYLVANIA AND $595.6 MILLION NATIONWIDE

In Pennsylvania, the HUD assistance will create: 297 apartment units for the elderly and 64 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:

Capital advances. This is money that covers the cost of developing the housing. It does not need to repaid as long as the housing is available for occupancy by very low-income elderly or people with disabilities for at least 40 years.

Project rental assistance. This goes to each non-profit to cover the difference between the resident's contribution toward rent and the cost of operating the project.

Here is a breakdown of the HUD assistance In Pennsylvania:

SECTION 202 -- ELDERLY HOUSING

 Project location: Philadelphia, PA
 Capital advance:  $4,259,100
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $963,000
 Non-profit sponsor:  The Friends Rehabilitation Program
                      Philadelphia, PA
 Number units and project description: A 55 unit facility to house
 the very low-income, minority elderly, with includes a mix of 
 the independent, at-risk, and frail.  The facility is  adjacent
 to an existing facility housing the elderly and will share common
 space and existing social services.   
 
 Project location: Philadelphia, Chester County, PA
 Capital advance:  $3,578,900
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $802,500
 Non-profit sponsor:  Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese
                         of Pennsylvania
                      Philadelphia, PA
 Number units and project description: A 46 unit elevator building
 with a congregate kitchen,  dining and community and crafts room
 for well-elderly residents capable of living  independently. 45
 units are one-bedroom, 1 2-bedroom unit will house the resident
 manager.

 Project location: Philadelphia, PA
 Capital advance:  $3,424,000
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $766,500
 Non-profit sponsor:  Philadelphia Presbytery Homes, Inc.
                      Lafayette Hill, PA

                      Philadelphia Senior Center 
                      Philadelphia, PA      
 Number units and project description: A 44 unit existing facility
 will be rehabilitated to house the frail elderly.
 Project location: Harford Township, PA 
 Capital advance:  $1,332,300
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $325,500
 Non-profit sponsor:  Susquehanna County Housing Development
                         Corp.
                      Montrose, PA

                      Ecumenical Enterprises, Inc.
                      Dallas, PA
 Number units and project description: This 20 unit facility for
 the elderly will be constructed in a rural area in northeastern
 Pennsylvania. 
 Project location: Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, PA
 Capital advance:  $3,430,100
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $649,000
 Non-profit sponsor:  National Church Residences
                      Columbus, OH
 Number units and project description: A 50 unit facility to house
 the elderly. 
 Project location: Antis Township, Blair County, PA 
 Capital advance:  $2,405,500
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $450,500
 Non-profit sponsor:  Improved Dwellings for Altoona
                      Altoona, PA
 Number units and project description: A 35 unit facility for
 the very low-income elderly.
 Project location: Baden, PA 
 Capital advance:  $1,972,000
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $384,000
 Non-profit sponsor:  Presbyterian Senior Care
                      Oakmont, PA
 Number units and project description: 29 one-bedroom assisted 
 units and 1 two-bedroom  managerial unit to house the elderly.
 Project location: Kersey, Elk County, PA
 Capital advance:  $1,109,800
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $225,500
 Non-profit sponsor:  Christian Housing
                      Pittsburgh, PA
 Number units and project description: 17 one-bedroom assisted
units facility to house the  elderly. 
 SECTION 811 -- HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES


 Project location: Royersford, Montgomery County, NY
 Capital advance:  $1,406,200
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $321,000
 Non-profit sponsor:  Freedom Valley Disability Enablement, Inc.
                      Newton Square, PA
 Number units and project description: The project consists of
 18 one-bedroom units for 18  persons with physical disabilities
 and 1 one-bedroom unit for a resident manager.  The project  will
 contain a dining room, lounge, community room, warming kitchen,
 storage room.  
 Project location: Philadelphia, PA
 Capital advance:  $1,366,600
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $285,500
 Non-profit sponsor:  Edith R. Rudolphy Home for the Blind

                      Mercy-Douglass Human Services Corporation
                      Philadelphia, PA
 Number units and project description: This project consists of
 rehabilitating an existing building into 14 one-bedroom units
 and 2 two-bedroom units for visually impaired persons.  One one-bedroom
 unit will house a resident manager.   Facilities include a community
 dining room, living room and kitchen and a work training/multi-purpose
 room. 
 Project location: Castle Shannon, Allegheny County, NY
 Capital advance:  $864,100
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $146,000
 Non-profit sponsor:  Presbyterian Senior Care
                      Pittsburgh, PA
 Number units and project description:  A 12 unit project for
 independent living, for persons  with developmental disabilities
 will be built.

 Project location: Corry, Erie County, PA
 Capital advance:  $318,600
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $106,500
 Non-profit sponsor:  HANDS, Inc.
                      Erie, PA
 Number units and project description:  This is an acquisition
 of an operating bed and  breakfast business to be developed into
 a group home for 8 persons with chronic mental illness.

 Project location: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA
 Capital advance:  $549,200
 Five-year rental subsidy:  $106,500
 Non-profit sponsor:  Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh, Inc.
                      Pittsburgh, PA
 Number units and project description:  An independent living
 facility consisting of 6 one- bedroom unit and 2 two-bedroom units
 will be built for persons with developmental disabilities.