Neil's Notebook Economic recovery funding released for public housing; transit money also available
March 24, 2009
Housing The Obama Administration has released $16.24 million to the Housing & Community Development Corporation of Hawaii to improve public housing units, create jobs, and increase energy efficiency. This funding is part of $3 billion in total funding nationwide from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Housing Capital Fund Program which is doubling HUD’s annual support of local housing authoirites to impove their public housing stock.
Transportation Also today, the administration announced that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) appropriated $100 million for a new discretionary grant program for public transportation projects that reduce a transit system's greenhouse gas emissions or result in a decrease in a transit system's energy use. Because of time limitations in ARRA funding, the Federal Transit Administration announced the availability of the new grant program, application requirements, and deadlines for submitting grant proposals for funding. However, because the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) program is a new grant program, FTA also is accepting comments on the program's provisions and may alter some of the requirements in response to comments. Comments must be received by April 7, 2009. Complete proposals for the TIGGER Grant Program must be submitted by May 22, 2009.
