BUSH ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES $39.1 MILLION
IN HOUSING COUNSELING GRANTS TO MORE THAN 400 STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES
WASHINGTON – Approximately 850,000 families will have a greater
opportunity to find housing or keep the homes they have because of more
than $39 million in housing counseling grants announced today by Housing
and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson.
These grants will assist families in becoming first-time homeowners or remaining homeowners after their purchase. Renters and homeless individuals and families will also benefit from the counseling offered by the grants. Grants were awarded to 17 national and regional organizations and more than 400 state and local housing counseling agencies.
"Under the Bush Administration, more families are receiving housing counseling services than ever before, and more are purchasing and keeping their homes," said Jackson. "The organizations providing these services are helping to meet the President's goal of increasing homeownership opportunities, particularly for minorities."