Kalamazoo to receive $2.3 million for housing, homelessness programs

WASHINGTON, DC – July 31, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Kalamazoo will receive nearly $2.3 million in federal funding to promote affordable housing, fight homelessness and boost the local economy, Sen. Carl Levin announced Monday.

“These grants will help build a stronger, more vibrant, more economically competitive community for the benefit of Kalamazoo and all of Michigan,” Levin said.

The grants announced Monday:

–$1.57 million in Community Development Block Grant funding. CDBG grants are designed to help state and local governments improve housing options and expand economic opportunity, principally for low- and moderate-income residents.

–$190,082 in two grants from the Emergency Shelter Grants program, which provides grants to state and local governments and private entities to improve the quality and number of emergency homeless shelters.

–$538,482 from the HOME Program, which helps expand the supply of quality affordable housing to low-income families.