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HUD :
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Roy A. Bernardi announced today that public housing agencies in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will receive $47,494,003 in funding to help low-income people get job training, employment and homeownership counseling.
"This funding will give more low-income adults the opportunity to get job-training that will lead to meaningful employment," said Bernardi.
Bernardi announced the grants with Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito in Charleston, where the state of West Virginia will receive $302,930 and the Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority will receive $34,041 of these grants to assist local families.
The funding is from the HUD's Housing Choice Voucher Family Self-Sufficiency (HCV/FSS) program that provides grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) to hire FSS program coordinators.
FSS coordinators link adults in the HCV program (Section 8) to local organizations that provide job training, childcare, counseling, transportation and job placement.
PHAs can also hire homeownership coordinators to help families get homeownership counseling.
Earlier this year, Garbett combined a HUD home-buying program with local resources to become a first-time homeowner.
"Amanda is building equity for her family's future by becoming a homeowner," said Bernardi, presenting her a plant.
Garbett used the HCV Homeownership program, which allows first-time homeowners to use an HCV toward monthly homeownership expenses - mortgage payment and utilities.
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.
Posted on October 19, 2006 07:01 PM
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