| HUD No. 06-131 |
For Release Friday October 6, 2006 |
HUD AWARDS NEARLY $17 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AMERICA
Grants will help 56 rural housing and development programs nationwide
WASHINGTON - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson today awarded $16.8 million in grants to 56 rural communities in 23 states to stimulate economic development, create jobs and produce more affordable housing. The funding is provided through HUD's Rural Housing and Economic Development Program.
In addition to the HUD grants announced today, these rural communities are expected to generate more than $35 million from other public and private sources to promote economic development and employment. For a brief description of all the projects receiving funding, visit HUD's website.
"Today we make another investment in our nation's heartland," said Jackson. "This funding will help stimulate critically needed business development and that ultimately means jobs in these rural communities. These grants and the private investment they help to leverage will also produce more affordable housing opportunities for working families across this great country."
Rural Housing and Economic Development grants help pay for land acquisition, new home construction, housing demolition, infrastructure improvements and construction training. Other possible uses include homeownership and financial counseling; financial assistance to homeowners, businesses and developers; creating microenterprises and small business incubators; and establishing lines of credit or revolving loan pools to benefit the local business community.
Rural communities will use this funding as seed money to pay the start-up costs for housing or economic development projects. These grants will also help organizations to hire and train their staffs, develop strategic plans and acquire office space and other needed facilities.
HUD is the nation's housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and, supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development, and enforces the nation's fair housing laws. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet and espanol.hud.gov. For more information about FHA products, please visit www.fha.gov.
The following communities will receive grants under HUD's Rural Housing and Economic Development Program this year:
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|
State |
Community |
Recipient |
Amount |
Alabama |
Greensboro |
Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization (HERO) |
$300,000 |
Mobile |
Volunteers of America Southeast, Inc. |
$300,000 |
|
Alabama Total |
$600,000 |
||
Alaska |
Mountain Village |
Asa’carsarmiut Tribal Council |
$300,000 |
Haines |
Chilkoot Indian Association |
$300,000 |
|
Ketchikan |
Organized Village of Kasaan |
$300,000 |
|
Anchorage |
Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc |
$300,000 |
|
Alaska Total |
$1,200,000 |
||
Arizona |
Elfrida |
Elfrida Citizen’s Alliance |
$300,000 |
Ajo |
International Sonoran Desert Alliance |
$300,000 |
|
Arizona Total |
$600,000 |
||
California |
Loleta |
Bear River Ban of Rohnerville Rancheria |
$300,000 |
Fresno |
Better Opportunities Builders, Inc. |
$300,000 |
|
Fresno |
Relational Culture Institute |
$300,000 |
|
Fresno |
West Fresno Coalition for Economic Development |
$300,000 |
|
Shingle Springs |
Shingle Springs Rancheria |
$300,000 |
|
California Total |
$1,500,000 |
||
Colorado |
Trinidad |
Huerfano/Las Animas Area Council of Governments |
$300,000 |
Florida |
Florida City |
Everglades Community Association |
$300,000 |
Georgia |
Athens |
Area Committee To Improve Opportunities Now, Inc. |
$300,000 |
Colquitt |
Community Development Corporation of Southwest Georgia |
$300,000 |
|
Vienna |
Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone, Inc. |
$300,000 |
|
Georgia Total |
$900,000 |
||
Illinois |
Karnack |
Shawnee Development Council, Inc. |
$300,000 |
Bloomington |
YouthBuild McLean County |
$300,000 |
|
Illinois Total |
$600,000 |
||
Kentucky |
Mayfield |
Purchase Area Housing Corporation |
$300,000 |
Maine |
Perry |
Passamaquoddy Development & Supply Co. |
$300,000 |
Michigan |
Battle Creek |
Community Action Agency of South Central |
$300,000 |
Mainstee |
The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians |
$300,000 |
|
Michigan Total |
$600,000 |
||
Mississippi |
Itta Bena |
The Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone Alliance |
$300,000 |
Montana |
Poplar |
The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes |
$300,000 |
Glasgow |
The Heritage Institute |
$300,000 |
|
|
|
Montana Total |
$600,000 |
Nebraska |
Walthill |
The Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation |
$300,000 |
Macy |
The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska |
$300,000 |
|
Niobrara |
The Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska |
$300,000 |
|
|
|
Nebraska Total |
$900,000 |
Nevada |
Fallon |
The Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe |
$300,000 |
New Mexico |
Albuquerque |
ACCION New Mexico |
$300,000 |
Clovis |
The Eastern Plains Housing Development Corporation |
$300,000 |
|
Anthony |
The Dona Anna County Colonias Development Council |
$300,000 |
|
Penasco |
The Pueblo of Picuris |
$300,000 |
|
San Felipe Pueblo |
The Native American Lending Group, Inc. |
$300,000 |
|
Sante Fe |
The Pueblo of Pojoaque |
$300,000 |
|
Sante Fe |
The Pueblo de San Ildefonso |
$300,000 |
|
Gallup |
The Navajo Partnership for Housing, Inc. |
$300,000 |
|
|
|
New Mexico Total |
$2,400,000 |
New York |
Cortland |
Cortland Housing Assistance Council, Inc. |
$300,000 |
North Carolina |
Hollister |
Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe |
$300,000 |
North Dakota |
Belcourt |
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians |
$300,000 |
South Dakota |
Sisseton |
Northeast South Dakota community Action Program |
$300,000 |
Pine Ridge |
Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing |
$300,000 |
|
Kyle |
The Lakota Funds |
$300,000 |
|
|
|
South Dakota Total |
$900,000 |
Tennessee |
Hohenwald |
Buffalo Valley, Inc. |
$300,000 |
Crossvilleq |
Creative Compassion, Inc. |
$300,000 |
|
Jackson |
West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. |
$300,000 |
|
|
|
Tennessee Total |
$900,000 |
Texas |
Brownsville |
Community Development Corporation of Brownsville |
$300,000 |
McAllen |
Community Development Corporation of South Texas |
$300,000 |
|
El Paso |
El Paso Empowerment Zone Corporation |
$300,000 |
|
San Elizario |
Organizacion Progresiva de San Elizario (OPSE) |
$300,000 |
|
San Juan |
Proyecto Azteca |
$300,000 |
|
Raymondville |
Willacy County Industrial Foundation, Inc. |
$300,000 |
|
|
|
Texas Total |
$1,800,000 |
West Virginia |
Kincaid |
Southern Appalachian Labor School |
$300,000 |
|
Welch |
Stop Abusive Family Environments, Inc. (SAFE) |
$300,000 |
|
|
West Virginia Total |
$600,000 |
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