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5/13/2020

Treasury Announces Nearly $90 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Strengthen Communities, Provide Affordable Housing

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Press Center

Treasury Announces Nearly $90 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Strengthen
Communities, Provide Affordable Housing
7/30/2009

TG-248
In Kansas, Deputy Secretary Visits Housing Development
Built with Recovery Act Funds
WASHINGTON – As part of the Obama Administration's effort to strengthen communities and ease pressures on the housing market, the
U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced nearly $90 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) funding
to spur the development of affordable housing units in Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, and Nebraska. The announcement was made
by Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin in Topeka Kansas with Governor Parkinson, following a visit to Osawatomie, Kansas, where he
participated in the ribbon-cutting of a housing development built because of this Recovery Act program.
"Today's announcement of housing funds demonstrates how the Recovery Act is putting our nation on the path to economic stability, one
community at a time," said Wolin. "This initiative will help spur construction and development, create much needed jobs, and increase the
availability of affordable housing for families around the country."
Osawatomie, Kansas (population 4,600) is home to the Woodland Hills development, a project that was halted in January 2009 because of
a lack of funds. Because of the Recovery Act's award program for affordable housing development, which awarded $2.3 million to
Woodland Hills, development now has been completed. This development will serve an elderly population and is especially meaningful to
the town of Osawatomie, which was devastated by a flood in 2007, leaving more than 450 residents homeless.
Since the program launch in May 2009, the Treasury Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have been
implementing new efforts designed to help families while providing important assistance to homebuilders. Specifically, the Treasury
Department has implemented an innovative program that will provide more than $3 billion from the Recovery Act to put people to work
building quality, affordable housing for individuals and families affected by the current crisis. The Treasury Department will work with state
housing agencies to jump start the development or renovation of qualified affordable housing for families across the country. Under this
program, state housing agencies will receive funds to finance the construction of affordable housing developments.
Today, the Treasury Department is announcing the fifth round of recipients: $18 million in Colorado; $4 million in Delaware; $53 million in
Illinois; $10 million in Maine; $4 million in Nebraska. To view the terms and conditions for the Treasury application, please click here.
For further information on local projects, please contact:
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, Jerilynn Martinez, (303) 297-7427
Delaware State Housing Authority, Christina Harden, (302) 739-4263 ext. 271
Illinois Housing Development Authority, Man Yee Lee, (312) 836-5234
Maine State Housing Authority, Dan Simpson, (207) 626-4617
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority, Robin Ambroz-Hollman, (402) 434.2947

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