Housing authorities across northeastern South Carolina Friday landed grants to fund large-scale improvements to their public housing units.
“This funding will help housing authorities address long-standing capital improvements, but it only scratches the surface in addressing the deep backlog we’re seeing across the country,” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, said through a release issued Friday afternoon.
“Today, we are closer to helping housing authorities and our private sector partners undertake their capital needs over the long haul. With the passage of HUD’s 2012 budget, Congress gave HUD the go-ahead for a new, comprehensive and critical demonstration tool that we believe will help preserve and enhance America’s affordable housing, including public housing,” Donovan said.
In the Pee Dee Florence landed the lion's share of grant money -- $1 million and change, according to the release. Along the Grand Strand, Georgetown and Conway each landed in the neighborhood of $375,000 for their housing units.
- Housing Authority of Darlington -- $212,207
- Housing Authority of Bennettsville -- $201,168
- Housing Authority of Lake City -- $385,324
- Housing Authority of Marion -- $478,871
- Housing Authority of Conway -- $373,068
- Housing Authority of Florence -- $1,090,593
- Housing Authority of Georgetown -- $383,147
- Housing Authority of Hartsville -- $130,922
- Housing Authority of Cheraw -- $317,239
- Housing Authority of Mullins -- $239,092
- Housing Authority of Kingstree -- $181,299
- Housing Authority of McColl -- $44,517
- Marlboro Co Hsg & Redev Authority -- $73,799
- Housing Authority of Atlantic Beach -- $57,937
In all, South Carolina housing authorities were awarded $20,297,831 that will be used to make major large-scale improvements to their public housing units.
Friday’s grants are provided through HUD’s Capital Fund Program, which provides annual funding to all public housing authorities to build, repair, renovate and/or modernize the public housing in their communities.
This funding can be used to make large-scale improvements such as new roofs and to make energy-efficient upgrades to replace old plumbing and electrical systems.
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