City of Montgomery receives $3.6 million housing grant
The City of Montgomery has been awarded a housing grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The city is one of 21 communities across the country to receive funding to create more lower-cost housing options.
The award totaling $3,581,160 is made possible though the HUD’s Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing, or PRO Housing, program.
The program aims to empower communities to identify and address barriers to housing construction and remove obstacles to affordable housing production and preservation.
“The PRO Housing funding allows us to address critical housing needs while also investing in our community’s future,” said Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed. “By creating new energy-efficient affordable housing and rehabilitating existing units, we are not only providing essential housing in one of our more populous areas, but also investing in traditional, smart, and green infrastructure.”
As a part of the Mayor’s “Reimagine West Montgomery Initiative,” the city says it will use this funding to build new energy-efficient affordable housing units and rehabilitate existing homeowner units while providing job training and employment opportunities for low-to-moderate-income residents who reside in West Montgomery along the Selma to Montgomery Trail.
This funding adds to the $36.6 million grant the city received earlier this year to help revitalize the historic West Montgomery community.
