Washington, DC – March 26, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — Senator Warner announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released nearly $51 million from the economic recovery package for improvements to public housing units that will directly benefit Virginia.
Twenty-nine local Redevelopment and Housing Authorities in Virginia will receive economic recovery funds through the HUD’s Public Housing Capital Fund Program. The money will be used to address much-needed improvements to public housing units, create jobs and reduce energy costs.
Senator Warner said of the release:
“These investments will quickly put people to work modernizing public housing units, making improvements to increase energy efficiency and lowering our long-term operating costs.”
HUD’s Capital Fund Program provides annual funding to public housing authorities to develop, finance, and/or modernize the public housing in their communities. This funding can also be used to make large-scale improvements such as new roofs and for the replacement of plumbing and electrical systems to more energy efficient standards.
Here is a list of how much each local agency will receive:
- Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $4,213,904
- Bristol Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $957,365
- Newport News Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $4,858,857
- Alexandria Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $1,791,960
- Hopewell Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $996,557
- Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $9,193,644
- Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $10,764,797
- Danville Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $1,231,241
- Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $3,250,682
- Chesapeake Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $1,040,358
- Lynchburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $813,403
- Harrisonburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $228,706
- Norton Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $439,014
- Charlottesville Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $796,931
- Hampton Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $2,183,174
- Franklin Redevelopment And Housing Authority – $528,796
- Fairfax County Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $2,294,177
- Petersburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $1,071,310
- Wytheville Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $489,370
- Waynesboro Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $387,616
- Staunton Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $356,675
- Wise County Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $442,737
- Suffolk Redevelopment And Housing Authority – $956,244
- Williamsburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $225,515
- Cumberland Plateau Regional Housing Authority – $509,362
- Marion Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $530,115
- Scott County Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $190,298
- Abingdon Redevelopment And Housing Authority – $58,439
- Lee County Redevelopment & Housing Authority – $152,970
