Wednesday, May 8, 2024–8:28 a.m.

-David Crowder, WRGA News-

The Northwest Georgia Housing Authority is getting $1,870,112 through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fiscal Year 2024 Public Housing Capital Fund Formula Grant Awards.

According to a news release:

The Public Housing Repair Fund will allow public housing authorities to modernize or develop public housing for individuals, families, and seniors.

Specifically, the money can be used for the development, financing, modernization, and management improvements of public housing developments.

Housing authorities 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.

149 localities across Georgia are sharing more than $80 million in program funds secured by U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

“These new federal investments secured in the government funding legislation will help working families, support local governments strained by the housing crisis, and lower costs”, Warnock said. “Housing means dignity, safety, and security, and as a Senator who grew up in public housing, I know that increasing the availability and improving the conditions of affordable housing is critical to helping Georgians across the state establish a solid foundation to build a healthy future,  Senator Ossoff and I won’t stop fighting to strengthen access to affordable housing across Georgia.”

“Georgia families urgently need more affordable housing. That’s why Senator Warnock and I brought Republicans and Democrats together to help increase affordable housing supply for families across Georgia,” Ossoff added. “