HUD AWARDS $97.2 MILLION TO HELP END HOMELESSNESS IN TEXAS

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Ben Carson, Secretary

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HUD AWARDS $97.2 MILLION TO HELP END HOMELESSNESS IN TEXAS

Federal grants to help 208 of homeless assistance programs statewide

     FORT WORTH – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $97,243,257 to support homeless programs across Texas.  Last month, HUD announced nearly $2 billion in grants to renew funding to thousands of local homeless assistance programs throughout the United States.  Combined with new grants, this funding represents a record investment to support state and local efforts across the nation to reduce and end homelessness.   View a complete list of all the state and local homeless projects awarded funding.

            HUD Secretary Ben Carson made the announcement in Akron, Ohio today during a visit to the Battered Women's Shelter, a HUD-assisted local program that houses domestic violence victims who are at risk of homelessness.

“Today we make another critical investment to those persons and families living in our shelters and on our streets,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. “These new programs will join those already on the front lines in their communities working to end homelessness.”

HUD grants support a broad array of interventions designed to assist individuals and families experiencing homelessness, particularly those living in places not meant for habitation, located in sheltering programs, or at imminent risk of becoming homeless.  Each year, HUD serves more than a million people through emergency shelter, transitional, and permanent housing programs.

 

HUD continues to challenge state and local planning organizations called “Continuums of Care” to support their highest performing local programs that have proven most effective in meeting the needs of persons experiencing homelessness in their communities.  Many of these state and local planners also embraced HUD’s call to shift funds from existing underperforming projects to create new ones that are based on best practices that will further their efforts to prevent and end homelessness. 

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HUD's mission is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. More information about HUD and its programs is available on the Internet at www.hud.gov and http://espanol.hud.gov.