Tonko announces $9.7 million in federal housing awards
Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will award major grants to eight public housing authorities in the Capital Region totaling $9,763,637.
The funding will allow these local agencies to make needed investments to repair and improve their properties.
“Our Capital Region communities are stronger and more resilient when people here know they can access secure, affordable housing that offers a safe place to live, work and raise a family,” Tonko said in a news release. “Maintaining and improving these local public housing resources helps ensure that our neighbors can get the help they need and deserve while also contributing to our economy.
“Congratulations, and more importantly thank you, to our local housing authorities for their incredible efforts to keep Capital Region families safe and warm, and to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for this important investment in our communities.”
The grants to public housing authorities in the Capital Region announced today include:
• $3,882,215 awarded to Albany Housing Authority
• $2,587,760 awarded to Schenectady Municipal Housing Authority
• $801,048 awarded to Cohoes Housing Authority
• $764,749 awarded to Saratoga Springs Housing Authority
• $640,319 awarded to Amsterdam Housing Authority
• $416,824 awarded to Troy Housing Authority
• $368,797 awarded to Rensselaer Housing Authority
• $301,925 awarded to Mechanicville Housing Authority
HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. This funding to the Capital Region is part of more than $2.7 billion awarded to public housing authorities across the nation provided through HUD’s Capital Fund Program.
The Capital Fund Program offers annual funding to around 2,900 public housing authorities to build, repair and renovate the public housing in their communities. Housing authorities use the funding to complete large-scale improvements such as replacing roofs or making energy-efficient upgrades to replace old plumbing and electrical systems.