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HUD Awards $160.1 Million in Grants to Create and Preserve Affordable Housing for Low-Income Seniors
HUD NEWS
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary
Office of Public Affairs, Washington, DC 20410
FOR RELEASE Tuesday, October 3, 2023
HUD Awards $160.1 Million in Grants to Create and Preserve Affordable Housing for Low-Income Seniors
Funding supports the creation and rehabilitation of affordable multifamily rental housing and project-based rental assistance to help provide independent living options for low-income seniors.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Multifamily Housing Programs announced today that it has awarded $160.1 million in grants to non-profit organizations across the country to support the development of new or redeveloped affordable multifamily rental housing and ongoing project-based rental assistance for low-income seniors.
“HUD is committed to addressing homelessness with urgency and ensuring everyone, including our nation’s seniors, has access to quality affordable housing,” said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. “The funding announced today shows the Biden-Harris Administration is investing in Americans at every stage in life, working tirelessly to do everything we can to make sure older adults have the resources they need to stay housed and safe, especially as we witness a troubling rise in homelessness among seniors.”
The grants support the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to one of the nation’s most vulnerable populations and are offered under HUD’s Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program. Funds will help to facilitate the construction and operation of 1,262 new deeply rent-assisted units for low- and very low-income seniors. Several grantees will create mixed-income communities, building 526 additional affordable and market-rate units as part of these funded projects for a total of 1,788 homes.
“These awards increase housing affordability and stability for seniors who are cost-burdened and need supportive services to live independently and to thrive in their communities,” said Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner Julia Gordon.
Section 202 grants provide low-income elderly persons 62 years of age or older with the opportunity to live independently in an environment that provides necessary services to meet their unique needs.
HUD provides these funds to non-profit organizations in two forms:
- Capital Advances: This funding covers the cost of developing, acquiring, or rehabilitating the housing. Repayment is not required as long as the housing remains available for occupancy by very low-income elderly persons for at least 40 years.
- Project Rental Assistance Contracts (PRAC): This renewable project-based funding covers the difference between residents’ contributions toward rent and the cost of operating the project.
The following grantees are the recipients of the awards announced today:
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Awards
About the Section 202 Program
Section 202 grants provide very low-income elderly persons 62 years of age or older with the opportunity to live independently in an environment that provides support services, such as nutrition, transportation, continuing education, and/or health-related services, to meet their unique needs. Section 202 program eligibility requires residents to be very low-income or earn less than 50 percent of the area median income. Most households in the Section 202 program earn less than 30 percent of the median for their area.
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‘All the Light We Cannot See’ Trailer
THROUGH THE DARK
A Rare Thread of Humanity Cuts Through Chaos and War in ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ Trailer
The Netflix limited series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Anthony Doerr novel of the same name premieres on November 2
All the Light We Cannot See is directed by Shawn Levy. The series also stars Lars Eidinger and Marion Bailey. It premieres via Netflix on Nov. 2.
TWO TEENAGERS SEARCH for hope through the darkness in the first official trailer for All the Light We Cannot See, the forthcoming Netflix limited series based on the Anthony Doerr novel of the same name, which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2015. Set against the backdrop of World War II, there are flashes of light — but mostly in the form of bombs and the fiery wreckage they leave behind. Still, communicating through the radio for over a decade, Marie-Laure LeBlanc (Aria Mia Loberti) and Werner (Louis Hofmann) try their hardest to keep their faith from being scorched in the flames.
“In this time of darkness, of invading cities, I’m trying to remember light lasts forever,” LeBlanc says, broadcasting from St. Malo, where she has taken refuge with her father Daniel (Mark Ruffalo) and her reclusive uncle Etienne (Hugh Laurie) after fleeing German-occupied Paris. “Darkness lasts not even for one second when you turn on the light. I know that broadcasting could get me executed. But I will not be silenced.”
LeBlanc, a blind French girl, and her father don’t waiver in hope even as they’re intensely pursued by a Gestapo officer hunting for the legendary diamond they hold in their possession. But their place in the resistance almost directly opposed that of Wenner, a gifted teenager tasked with tracking down illegal broadcasts for Hitler’s regime. In LeBlanc, he finds a rare thread of humanity in a time of chaos.
“When I was a child, I was trained to locate radio frequencies,” Wenner explains in the trailer. “The things that I have seen haunt me. Her voice was my escape.” But soon enough, their lives become intertwined in a more devastating way as the officer instructs him: “You are going to find her and you will kill this girl yourself. If you fail, you will die first.”
LeBlanc, a blind French girl, and her father don’t waiver in hope even as they’re intensely pursued by a Gestapo officer hunting for the legendary diamond they hold in their possession. But their place in the resistance almost directly opposed that of Wenner, a gifted teenager tasked with tracking down illegal broadcasts for Hitler’s regime. In LeBlanc, he finds a rare thread of humanity in a time of chaos.
“When I was a child, I was trained to locate radio frequencies,” Wenner explains in the trailer. “The things that I have seen haunt me. Her voice was my escape.” But soon enough, their lives become intertwined in a more devastating way as the officer instructs him: “You are going to find her and you will kill this girl yourself. If you fail, you will die first.”
The walls begin to feel as though they’re closing in — the Germans continue a relentless pursuit, Uncle Etienne grows nervous with the growing attention around LeBlanc’s broadcast, and the war rages on as Wenner’s defiance continues. In unison, LeBlanc and Wenner remind themselves: “The most important light is the light you cannot see.”
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