Four Central Massachusetts cities have secured nearly $9.8 million in federal housing aid, including for programs providing affordable housing and community development.
Fitchburg, Framingham, Leominster and Worcester all secured funding, with Worcester alone taking in $7.3 million. Most of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding announced Thursday for those four cities and others nationally was for Community Development Block Grant Program funding, which benefits low- and moderate-income households in need of affordable housing.
Smaller amounts were given for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, which covers building or renovating affordable housing, and Emergency Solutions Grants, which provides funds for homeless shelters.
WORCESTER The City Council Tuesday bumped to next week discussion of City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. s executive order on structural and institutional racism and accompanying recommendations, but that didn t stop many community members who called in to the virtual meeting from making their voices heard.
Mayor Joseph M. Petty announced at the beginning of the meeting that the manager s report, which includes an executive order acknowledging the role structural and institutional racism have played and continues to play in the city, would be taken up at next week s meeting.
The report includes recommendations to remove resource officers from schools and restructure how police interact with schools; to implement some form of alternative deployment that sends mental health and social workers on calls with police; and to establish a new investigations division at City Hall that would address both employee and resident complaints.
Housing authorities in Central Massachusetts brought in more than $9 million in federal funding announced Tuesday for public housing improvements.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding totaled $92 million to Massachusetts housing authorities, which oversee thousands of subsidized living units across the state. Among the biggest recipients was the Worcester Housing Authority, which took in nearly $6.6 million.
The funding will benefit capital investments in public housing units, according to HUD. The work can range from smaller improvements such as water conservation measures or heating system upgrades to big-scale improvement such as roof replacements.
In all, 13 housing authorities in Central Massachusetts received funding:
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