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HUD :
Thousands of additional senior citizens and people with disabilities will soon be able to find affordable housing, thanks to more than $633 million in housing assistance announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Connecticut grants include more than $9.6 million in Section 202 grants for very low-income elderly, and $1.5 million in Section 811 grants for very low-income people with disabilities.
It provides very low-income elderly with options that allow them to live independently but in an environment that provides support activities such as cleaning, cooking, and transportation.
In addition to funding the construction and rehabilitation of projects to create apartments, HUD Section 202 grants will subsidize rents for three years so that residents will pay only 30 percent of their adjusted incomes as rent.
To be eligible for the assistance a household must be classified as "very low- income," which means an income less than 50 percent of the area median.
This housing, most of which will be newly constructed, typically is small apartment buildings, group homes for three to four people per home, or condominium units.
The term "person with disabilities" also includes two or more people with disabilities living together, and one or more persons with disabilities living with one or more live-in attendants.
The program allows persons with disabilities to live independently in their communities by increasing the supply of rental housing with the availability of supportive services.
Posted on November 2, 2006 10:56 PM
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