Senator Warner announced today that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released nearly $51 million from the economic recovery package for improvements to public housing units that will directly benefit Virginia.  

Twenty-nine local Redevelopment and Housing Authorities in Virginia will receive economic recovery funds through the HUD’s Public Housing Capital Fund Program.  The money will be used to address much-needed improvements to public housing units, create jobs and reduce energy costs.

Senator Warner said of the release: 

“These investments will quickly put people to work modernizing public housing units, making improvements to increase energy efficiency and lowering our long-term operating costs."

HUD’s Capital Fund Program provides annual funding to public housing authorities to develop, finance, and/or modernize the public housing in their communities. This funding can also be used to make large-scale improvements such as new roofs and for the replacement of plumbing and electrical systems to more energy efficient standards.  

Here is a list of how much each local agency will receive:

• Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $4,213,904 
• Bristol Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $957,365 
• Newport News Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $4,858,857 
• Alexandria Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $1,791,960 
• Hopewell Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $996,557 
• Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $9,193,644 
• Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $10,764,797 
• Danville Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $1,231,241 
• Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $3,250,682 
• Chesapeake Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $1,040,358 
• Lynchburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $813,403 
• Harrisonburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $228,706 
• Norton Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $439,014 
• Charlottesville Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $796,931 
• Hampton Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $2,183,174 
• Franklin Redevelopment And Housing Authority - $528,796 
• Fairfax County Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $2,294,177 
• Petersburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $1,071,310 
• Wytheville Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $489,370 
• Waynesboro Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $387,616 
• Staunton Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $356,675 
• Wise County Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $442,737 
• Suffolk Redevelopment And Housing Authority - $956,244 
• Williamsburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $225,515 
• Cumberland Plateau Regional Housing Authority - $509,362 
• Marion Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $530,115 
• Scott County Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $190,298 
• Abingdon Redevelopment And Housing Authority - $58,439 
• Lee County Redevelopment & Housing Authority - $152,970

To see a complete report of HUD's investments through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, click here.