HUD Awards $795 Million to Improve, Preserve Public Housing in New York

NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded $795,550,066.00 in funding to 71 public housing authorities (PHAs) in New York to make capital investments in their public housing properties.

This funding is part of $3.2 billion in Fiscal Year 2022 Capital Fund Program Awards to 2,813 PHAs in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. View a complete list of all the communities that received funding.

“It is essential for public housing authorities to preserve existing affordable housing, and this HUD funding will go a long way to assist with major improvements,” said Alicka Ampry-Samuel, HUD Regional Administrator for New York and New York Jersey. “HUD’s Capital Fund Program allocates funding annually for the development, financing, and modernization of public housing properties and management improvements to ensure their residents’ health, safety, and quality of life.”

HUD’s Public Housing Capital Fund Program offers annual funding to all public housing authorities to build, renovate, and/or modernize the public housing in their communities. PHAs can use the funding to complete large-scale improvements such as replacing roofs or making energy-efficient upgrades to heating systems and installing water conservation measures.

In the North Country and surrounding areas, these communities received funding from HUD: Watertown Housing Authority, Massena Housing Authority, Ogdensburg Housing Authority, Malone Housing Authority, Tupper Lake Housing Authority, and Canton Housing Authority.

For a complete list of all the communities that received funding, please go to https://mail.zoho.com/zm/#mail/folder/inbox/p/