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On February 12, 2013, the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced $98 million for 13 state agencies to provide rental assistance to persons with incomes at or below 30 percent of the area median income who are also disabled. Many of these persons are transitioning out of institutions or are at high risk of homelessness. The funding comes through the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (PRA Demo). The goal of the program is to enable extremely low-income persons to live in integrated mainstream settings. The following state agencies have been awarded rental subsidy through the PRA Demo program:

California Housing Finance Agency, $11,870,256 - 335 units;
Delaware State Housing Authority, $5,100,753 - 170 units;
Georgia DCA, $4,160,771 - 150 units;
Illinois Housing Development Authority, $11,982,009 - 826 units;
Louisiana Housing Corp., $8,254,097 - 200 units;
Massachusetts DHCD, $5,276,452 - 100 units;
Maryland DHCD, $10,917,383 - 150 units;
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, $3,000,000 - 95 units;
Montana Dept. of Commerce, $2,000,000 - 82 units;
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, $12,000,000 - 562 units;
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, $5,707,800 - 200 units
Texas DH&CA, $12,000,000 - 385 units; and
Washington Dept. of Commerce, $5,580,280 - 275 units

This program provides project based rental assistance to develop permanent affordable housing options in integrated settings for extremely low-income persons with disabilities. Owners and developers in the listed states interested in this program should contact the appropriate state agency for information. If you are interested in details about a particular state program, please feel free to contact me. Back to news

03/07/2013

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