HUD awards $5.3M to Hoosier housing authorities

INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson has announced more than $470 million in CARES Act funding to help low-income families around the county during the coronavirus pandemic. The funding includes more than $5 million to 49 public housing authorities throughout Indiana.

The funding can be used by public housing authorities to help families assisted by Housing Choice Vouchers and Mainstream vouchers prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus.

“This funding will provide additional resources to public housing authorities to make sure people have a decent, safe and affordable place to call home,” said HUD Secretary Ben Carson. “HUD continues to work with our public housing authorities to protect American families from this invisible enemy, including vulnerable residents in the Housing Choice Voucher Program.” 

The Housing Choice Voucher Program includes the Mainstream Program that provides tenant-based vouchers serving low-income households. 

Funding recipients include:

• Housing Authority of the city of Anderson, Anderson – $181,719
• Housing Authority of the city of Bedford, Bedford – $18,991
• Knox County Housing Authority, Bicknell – $25,407
• Bloomfield Housing Authority, Bloomfield – $3,456
• Housing Authority of the city of Bloomington, Bloomington – $177,736
• Brazil Housing Authority, Brazil – $10,392
• Housing Authority of the city of Charlestown, Charlestown – $5,451
• Columbus Housing Authority, Columbus – $76,410
• Housing Authority of the County of Fayette, Connersville – $39,244
• Housing Authority of the city of Crawfordsville, Crawfordsville – $53,330
• Housing Authority of the city of Decatur, Decatur – $21,064
• Housing Authority of the City of East Chicago, East Chicago – $132,662
• Housing Authority of the City of Elkhart, Elkhart – $94,317
• Housing Authority of the City of Elwood, Elwood – $43,476
• Housing Authority of the City of Evansville, Evansville – $284,546
• Fort Wayne Housing Authority, Fort Wayne – $379,172
• Housing Authority of the city of Gary, Gary – $279,829
• Housing Authority of the city of Greencastle, Greencastle – $18,231
• Housing Authority of the city of Greensburg Greensburg – $8,557
• Housing Authority of the city of Hammond, Hammond – $109,457
• Indianapolis Housing Agency, Indianapolis – $1,213,873
• Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, Indianapolis – $793,270
• Housing Authority of the city of Jasonville, Jasonville – $3,969
• Housing Authority of the city of Jeffersonville, Jeffersonville – $49,937
• Kokomo Housing Authority, Kokomo – $91,905
• Housing Authority of the city of Lafayette, Lafayette – $177,468
• Linton Housing Authority, Linton – $23,687
• Housing Authority of the city of Logansport, Logansport – $33,708
• Housing Authority of the city of Marion, Marion – $49,683
• Housing Authority of the city of Michigan City, Michigan City – $39,404
• Housing Authority of the city of Warsaw, Milford – $46,897
• Housing Authority of the city of Mishawaka, Mishawaka – $40,766
• Mount Vernon Housing Authority, Mt. Vernon – $22,375
• Delaware County Housing Authority, Muncie – $22,862
• Housing Authority of the city of Muncie, Muncie – $106,791
• Housing Authority of the city of New Albany, New Albany – $81,019
• New Castle Housing Authority, New Castle – $37,858
• Noblesville Housing Authority, Noblesville – $30,219
• Housing Authority of the county of St. Joseph, North Liberty – $22,648
• Housing Authority of the city of Peru, Peru – $19,622
• Housing Authority of the city of Richmond, Richmond – $35,974
• Rockville Housing Authority, Rockville – $13,333
• Seymour Housing Authority, Seymour – $19,090
• Housing Authority of South Bend, South Bend – $269,555
• Housing Authority of the city of Tell City, Tell City – $7,548
• Cannelton Housing Authority, Tell City – $17,356
• Housing Authority of the city of Terre Haute, Terre Haute – $99,881
• Housing Authority of the city of Union City, Union City – $15,973
• Vincennes Housing Authority, Vincennes – $35,722