HUD Archives: News Releases

HUD No. 02-132
Donna White
(202) 708-0685

 For Release
Wednesday
October 30, 2002

BUSH ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES NEARLY $40 MILLION IN RENTAL HOUSING VOUCHERS TO HELP FAMILIES WITH DISABILITIES

WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez announced today $39.9 million in housing assistance vouchers to public housing authorities. These rental assistance vouchers are given exclusively to non-elderly families with disabilities to make leasing private housing affordable.

"Because of their special needs, young people with disabilities often face difficulties finding suitable, accessible housing they can afford," said Martinez. "These vouchers will give them the financial assistance they need to find safe, affordable housing."

The funding comes from two HUD programs that provide Housing Choice Vouchers to non-elderly disabled families:

  • Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities Related to Certain Developments - $23.5 million
  • Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities in Support of Designated Housing Plans - $16.4 million

Public housing agencies apply for these vouchers annually. Families who qualify for these vouchers apply for them through local public housing agencies.

These vouchers enable recipients to rent housing units by paying generally no more than 30 percent of their income for rent with HUD paying the remainder.

HUD is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities, creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans, supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development as well as enforces the nation's fair housing laws. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet at www.hud.gov.

The vouchers will be distributed as follows:

State Name
City
Recipient Name
Number of
Vouchers
Grant Amount
Alabama Montgomery Montgomery Housing Authority
100
$460,478
Arkansas Morrilton Conway County Housing Authority
125
$442,323
California Long Beach Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach
200
$1,361,724
Colorado Denver Supportive Housing & Homeless Programs
200
$1,001,099
  Denver Colorado Division of Housing
200
$1,199,114
Connecticut Waterbury Housing Authority of the City of Waterbury
76
$436,416
Florida Deerfield Beach Deerfield Beach Housing Authority
52
$294,278
  Orlando Housing Authority of the City of Orlando
200
$1,060,319
  Titusville Housing Authority of the City of Titusville
75
$378,388
Illinois Chicago Chicago Housing Authority
200
$1,593,729
Kentucky Louisville Housing Authority of Louisville
30
$175,589
Massachusetts Taunton Taunton Housing Authority
200
$1,448,533
Minnesota Minneapolis Minneapolis Public Housing Authority
200
$1,595,862
  Minneapolis Minneapolis Public Housing Authority
200
$1,595,862
Nevada Las Vegas Housing Authority of the County of Clark
175
$1,115,834
  Las Vegas Housing Authority of Clark County
58
$369,819
  Las Vegas City of Las Vegas Housing Authority
200
$1,582,938
  Las Vegas City of Las Vegas Housing Authority
200
$1,582,938
New York New York New York City Housing Authority
200
$1,484,502
North Carolina Greensboro Greensboro Housing Authority
150
$884,150
  Winston-Salem Housing Authority of the City of Winston-Salem
128
$703,958
Ohio Cleveland Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
200
$1,235,340
  Columbus Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
105
$579,789
  Findlay Hancock Metropolitan Housing Authority
200
$714,641
  Middletown Middletown Public Housing Agency
200
$1,026,563
  Newark Licking Metropolitan Housing Authority
50
$224,343
  Newark Licking Metropolitan Housing Authority
30
$134,606
  Springfield Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority
200
$812,476
  Wellston Jackson Metropolitan Housing Authority
50
$140,840
Oklahoma Muskogee Housing Authority of the City of Muskogee
200
$830,697
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia Housing Authority
50
$372,709
  Philadelphia Philadelphia Housing Authority
200
$1,490,836
Rhode Island Woonsocket Woonsocket Housing Authority
35
$185,011
Tennessee Nashville Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency
200
$1,152,249
Utah Salt Lake City Housing Authority of Salt Lake City
200
$1,110,753
Vermont Burlington Burlington Housing Authority
100
$686,308
  Burlington Burlington Housing Authority
50
$343,154
Washington Everett Housing Authority Snohomish County
5
$39,225
  Longview Housing Authority City of Longview
100
$470,770
  Olympia Housing Authority of Thurston County
200
$1,065,673
  Renton Housing Authority of the City of Renton
52
$459,705
  Seattle King County Housing Authority
200
$1,642,710
  Seattle Seattle Housing Authority
200
$2,064,243
  Seattle King County Housing Authority
200
$1,642,710
  Spokane Spokane Housing Authority
200
$803,979

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