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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Pete Visclosky today announced that Lake County, Gary, Hammond, and East Chicago will receive a combined $5,882,482 in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that were authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that Congress passed on February 13 and President Obama signed into law on February 17. The funding includes $3,556,735 in Homeless Prevention Grants and $2,325,747 in Community Development Block Grants.
“These funds are designed to help Northwest Indiana recover economically,” said Visclosky. “This funding will help people hit hard by the recession stay in their homes while they work to improve their circumstances and provide our communities with the resources they need to create economic opportunities.”
The Homeless Prevention Grants provide financial and other assistance to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless and help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-housed and stabilized. The funds are intended to target individuals and families who would be homeless without the assistance. Types of assistance include short-term or medium-term rental assistance as well as housing relocation and stabilization services such as mediation, security or utility deposits, utility payments, moving cost assistance, and case management. Lake County will receive $550,643, Gary will receive $1,498,882, Hammond will receive $948,137, and East Chicago will receive $559,073. In addition these grant recipients, the State of Indiana will receive $16,293,551 for Homeless Prevention Grants.
The Community Development Block Grants enable local governments to undertake a wide range of activities intended to create suitable living environments, provide decent affordable housing, and create economic opportunities, primarily for persons of low and moderate income. For these stimulus grants, priority will be given to projects that can award contracts on bids within 120 days. Lake County will receive $360,114, Gary will receive $980,167, Hammond will receive $619,891, and East Chicago will receive $365,575. In addition to these grant recipients, the State of Indiana will receive $8,374,101 for Community Development Block Grants.
“I am glad these economic stimulus funds are being made available to Northwest Indiana quickly so that our communities can help people in need and set about rebuilding our economy,” said Visclosky. |
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