PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Department of Housing are awarding $89 million to combat homelessness and provide affordable housing throughout the state. The goal of the new funding is to help provide shelter and other services to those experiencing homelessness.
Some of the money is coming from grants from the newly-created Homeless Shelter and Services (HSS) Fund.
“I am committed to making Arizona a place where temporary setbacks don’t prevent a person from reaching their full potential, where people aren’t turned away when they need help, and where our families can rest easy knowing there is a roof over their children’s heads," said Hobbs.
$40 million in grants from the HSS will be divided among the following:
- City of Phoenix: $3,120,035
- City of Tucson: $4,000,000
- City of Sedona: $875,638
- Human Services Campus: $4,000,000
- St. Vincent De Paul: $4,000,000
- one-n-ten: $1,943,767
- Open Hearts: $3,015,000
- Native American Connections: $2,184,522
- Pima Community and Workforce Development: $3,513,944
- Old Pueblo Community Services (2 projects): $7,140,007
- Phoenix Dream Center: $2,184,522
- Catholic Charities: $2,854,636
- Sister Jose Women’s Center (2 projects): $724,920
- Maggie’s Place: $330,000
- Gila Valley Samaritan Home: $113,000
The governor's office also addressed the need for affordable housing in Arizona. Several affordable housing developers will be awarded $49 million in funds to aid their developments.
$46 million comes from the State Housing Trust Fund (SHTF) and the other $3 million comes from the federal government.
The hope is to help alleviate the state’s housing crisis.
Funds will go to the following:
- The Villas on Shelby/Sedona/30: $5M
- San Francisco Square/Flagstaff/70: $5M
- Emory Heights/Phoenix/60: $5M
- Glendale Apartments/Phoenix/44: $5M
- Sierra on 66/Flagstaff/221: $4M
- Villas on McQueen/Chandler/157: $4M
- Arterra/Surprise/388: $4M
- Tucson House/Tucson/360: $4M
- Acacia Heights III/Phoenix/68: $2M
- Casa del Sol II/Sierra Vista/64 : $2M
- Belvedere Terrace/Tucson/72: $1.05M
- Sycamore Vista I/Camp Verde/80: $1M
- The Reserve at Thunderbird II/Phoenix/134: $1M
- 25th at Bell/Phoenix/53: $1M
- Heritage Senior Apartments/Surprise/99: $1M
- Miami Inspiration Housing/Miami/40: $.5M
- Sidney P. Osborn/Phoenix/115: $.45M
- West Point Apartments II/Tucson/84 (Federal): $1.45M
- Phoenix Scholar House/Phoenix/56 (Federal): $1.45M
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