HUD AWARDS MORE THAN $28 MILLION IN GRANTS TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

Grants leverage an extra $18 million for rural and tribal areas to address housing, poverty and jobs

WASHINGTON, DC – August 23, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) –– The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded more than $28 million to 46 rural and tribal communities throughout the nation to address distressed housing conditions and concentrated poverty. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan said the grants from HUD’s new Rural Innovation Fund promote an ‘entrepreneurial approach’ to affordable housing and economic development in rural areas (see list of grants by the state of their service area below).

“Rural America is vast and diverse, and different communities face different challenges and opportunities,” said Donovan. “Because there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to strengthening rural communities, this funding provides flexible resources to address either housing or economic development needs, or both. This is especially important for communities that may have more limited access to resources because of their distant locations. These are catalytic projects that will have an impact on their communities for generations to come.”

For example, the Atmautluak Traditional Council in Alaska will train a construction workforce in green, energy-efficient new construction. Habitat for Humanity Lake County in California will repair and renovate 30 homes as part of its Jobs-for-Homes Project and hire local workers in the process. The Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation in Minnesota will provide business financing to redevelop an abandoned commercial facility for the production of biomass heating pellets, capitalizing on the area’s supply of wood and logging residue, and linking in low-skilled area workers in the process. The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin will create a visitors center to promote tribal businesses and provide a venue for the work of local crafts and tradespersons.

HUD’s new Rural Innovation Fund offers grants of up to $2 million to support innovative housing and economic development activities in 19 states throughout the country. HUD received 307 applications from 48 states for over $236 million, almost 10 times the amount available. Eligible applicants were federally recognized Indian tribes, state housing finance agencies (HFAs), state community development agencies, local rural non-profit organizations, community development corporations, or consortia of these groups. Grantees can use their grant funding to support a variety of housing and economic development activities including construction, preparation of plans, land acquisition, demolition, homeownership counseling, and financial assistance.

HUD awarded Rural Innovation Fund grants in three categories:

• Comprehensive Grants – 7 Comprehensive grants, in which grantees have examined the social, housing and economic needs and resources of their target areas and made proposals that address these needs through activities that will have sustained benefit and resources after HUD assistance is used. The maximum grant amount was $2,000,000 for this category.
• Single Purpose Grants – 31 Single Purpose grants, for more targeted initiatives, which typically focus primarily on either housing or economic development. The maximum award amount was $300,000 for this category.
• Economic Development and Entrepreneurship for Federally Recognized Tribes – 8 Indian Economic Development and Entrepreneurship grants, awarded from $5 million set aside for applications for federally recognized Indian tribes. The maximum award amount was $800,000 for this category.

Highlights of the Awards include:

• 19 states are represented among the service areas, including Alaska and Puerto Rico.
• 27 awardees – over half – are tribes or tribal affiliates. Tribal organizations were competitive in all categories under the NOFA.
• 789 housing units are proposed for low income beneficiaries.
• 655 total jobs will be created through activities assisted by the grants. Jobs include 178 construction jobs and 460 permanent jobs.
• Grantees have proposed to leverage over $18 million in other funds for their respective projects.

Read complete grant summaries for each grant announced today.

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HUD’s mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes: utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination; and transform the way HUD does business. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet at www.hud.gov and espanol.hud.gov. You can also follow HUD on Twitter at @HUDnews or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HUD.

 

FY 2010 Rural Innovation Fund Awards

 

State	City	Grant Type	Grantee	Grant Amount
Alaska	Atmautluak	Indian ED	Village of Atmautluak	$798,888
	Kake	Indian ED	Organized Village of Kake	$567,908
Arizona	Nogales	Comp	Nogales Community Development Corporation	$1,999,177
	Elfrida	Single Purpose	Elfrida Citizens Alliance Inc	$300,000
	Ajo	Single Purpose	The International Sonoran Desert Alliance	$300,000
	Peridot	Single Purpose	San Carlos Housing Authority	$300,000
Arkansas	Arkadelphia	Comp	Southern Bancorp Capital Partners	$1,998,621
California	Happy Camp	Indian ED	Karuk Tribe	$392,266
	Lower Lake	Single Purpose	Habitat for Humanity Lake County	$300,000
	Temecula	Single Purpose	All Mission Indian Housing Authority	$300,000
	Pauma Valley	Single Purpose	La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians	$300,000
	Hemet	Single Purpose	Santa Rosa Band of Mission Indians	$300,000
	Anza	Single Purpose	Cahuilla Band of Indians	$300,000
	Loleta	Single Purpose	Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria	$300,000
Illinois	Normal	Single Purpose	YBMC Inc. (dba: YouthBuild McLean County)	$300,000
State	City	Grant Type	Grantee	Grant Amount
Kentucky	Mayfield	Single Purpose	Purchase Area Housing Corporation	$300,000
	Hazard	Single Purpose	Housing Development Alliance, Inc.	$300,000
	Louisville	Single Purpose	Young Adult Development in Action,Inc.	$300,000
	Somerset	Single Purpose	Southeast Kentucky Economic Development  Corporation	$300,000
Louisiana	Ferriday	Single Purpose	Macon Ridge Community Development Corporation	$300,000
	Belle Chasse	Single Purpose	Pilgrim Rest Community Development Agency	$300,000
Michigan	Baraga	Single Purpose	Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Housing and Community Development Corporation	$300,000
Minnesota	Detroit Lakes	Single Purpose	Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation	$300,000
Mississippi	Lexington	Comp	Community Students Learning Center	$1,974,462
Montana	Box Elder	Comp	Chippewa Cree Tribe	$2,000,000
	Lame Deer	Single Purpose	Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing Authority	$300,000
	Pablo	Single Purpose	Salish & Kootenai Housing Authority	$300,000
		Single Purpose	Walking Shield, Inc. of Lake Forest, California	$300,000
State	City	Grant Type	Grantee	Grant Amount
New Mexico	San Felipe Pueblo	Comp	San Felipe Pueblo Housing Authority	$1,660,000
	Taos	Indian ED	Taos Pueblo	$799,997
	Santa Fe	Single Purpose	Northern Pueblos Housing Authority	$300,000
Oklahoma	Durant	Indian ED	Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	$776,294
	Hugo	Single Purpose	Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc.	$300,000
	Wewoka	Single Purpose	Housing Authority of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma	$300,000
Puerto Rico		Comp	PathStone Corporation of  Rochester, New York	$2,000,000
	Mayaguez	Single Purpose	Instituto para el Desarrollo Socioeconomico y de Vivienda PR	$300,000
South Dakota	Pine Ridge	Comp	Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing	$2,000,000
	Kyle	Single Purpose	The Lakota Fund, Inc.	$300,000
	Pine Ridge	Single Purpose	Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial, Inc.	$300,000
	Eagle Butte	Single Purpose	Four Bands Community Fund, Inc.	$300,000
Texas	New Caney	Single Purpose	Motivation Education & Training, Inc.	$300,000
State	City	Grant Type	Grantee	Grant Amount
Virginia		Single Purpose	National Council on Agricultural Life & Labor Research Fund of Dover, DE	$300,000
Washington	Usk	Indian ED	Kalispel Tribe of Indians	$240,970
	Nespelem	Indian ED	Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation	$799,750
Wisconsin	Hayward	Indian ED	Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians	$789,063
	Tomah	Single Purpose	Ho-Chunk Housing and Community Development Agency	$300,000
			TOTAL:	$28,097,396

Contact:
Elena Gaona
(202) 708-0685

 

 

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