The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it awarded $150,369,989 in rental assistance to 25 state housing agencies. The awards will support the state agencies in providing permanent affordable rental housing and supportive services to approximately 4,584 households with extremely low-income persons with disabilities, many of whom are at high risk of homelessness or transitioning out of institutional settings.
The awards were made through the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) program which enables persons with disabilities who earn less than 30 percent of their area’s median income to live in integrated, affordable housing. State housing agencies and their state Medicaid and Health and Human Service partner agencies identify, refer, and support target populations of persons with disabilities who require community-based, long-term care services to live independently. This is one of several recent collaborative efforts between HUD and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Housing agencies in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin received the awards.
