New Britain to Get $3 Million for Low-Income Families
By Marty Toohey
WASHINGTON, Oct. 01, 2002–New Britain will receive a $3.15 million grant for low-income families from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the department announced Tuesday.
New Britain receives grants from the department on an annual basis. The money is used for construction of affordable housing and beautification of the city, among other things.
“It’s something people don’t necessarily know about, but it funds a lot of things,” Mayor Lucian Pawlak said. “It’s money that goes a long ways.”
The $3.15 million is divided into three areas: $2.3 million for a community block grant, $751,000 to aid low-income families in purchasing homes and $80,000 for homeless and special-needs residents.
Community block grants are usually used for construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing, but also for things like parks and economic development.
The grant is part of $10 million that HUD has awarded to Connecticut. Norwalk, Meriden, Bristol and Waterbury also received grants. Waterbury received the most, at $4 million.
Published in The New Britain Herald, in Connecticut.
