The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced $472 million in CARES Act funding to help low-income families during the coronavirus pandemic.
The money can be used by Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) nationwide to help families assisted by Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) and Mainstream Vouchers prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus. It will be made available by the CARES Act legislation President Donald Trump signed into law March 27.
“This funding will provide additional resources to public housing authorities to make sure people have a decent, safe, and affordable place to call home,” HUD Secretary Ben Carson said in a news release. “HUD continues to work with our public housing authorities to protect American families from this invisible enemy, including vulnerable residents in the Housing Choice Voucher program."
The HCV program includes the Mainstream Program, which provides tenant-based vouchers that serve low-income households.
The eligible coronavirus-related activities include, but are not limited to, the following:
“These new funds are important and will go a long way to help low-income residents secure and retain affordable housing during this unprecedented time,” Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Hunter Kurtz said.
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