Washington, D.C.- July 20, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — Congressman Eliot Engel announced that Westchester County was awarded three grants totaling $8,117,872 from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The three grants awarded to Westchester are:
- $5,960,971 – Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG).
- $1,902,422 – HOME Program
- $254,479 – Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG)
Rep. Engel said, “I am pleased to be able to support families in need through these grants. This will help the people in Westchester most in need of assistance to find more affordable housing and provide them with better economic opportunities. This will also help neighborhoods across the county expand on their revitalization efforts and provide a boost to the county’s, and other towns and villages’, economies during this time of economic hardship.”
The CDBG program distributes grants to states and other municipalities to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, primarily for low- and moderate-income people. Annual CDBG funds are distributed to communities according to formulas based on population, poverty, pre-1940s housing stock, growth lag and housing overcrowding.
The HOME program helps expand the supply of decent, affordable housing to low- and very low-income families by providing grants to fund housing programs to meet local needs.
The ESG program provides annual grants to state, local and private entities to improve the quality and number of emergency homeless shelters.
