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State could lose HUD funds

August 26, 1999 By admin

Iowa could feel the pinch if Congress proceeds with its proposed budget cutsfor the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD. Steve Shelleyis a spokesman for the Iowa HUD office in Des Moines and says Iowa’s lostfunding could be in the millions of dollars.Shelley says Congress proposes cutting 1-point-6 billion dollars from theHUD budget, which means HUD will have less money to filter down to thestates. He says Iowa could lose more than 12-million dollars in HUD “block”grants.Shelley says block grants are very popular in many cities nationwide. NineIowa cities are considered “entitlement” cities for the grants: Cedar Falls,Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa City,Sioux City and Waterloo.Block grants are often used for programs like: low-income housing, homerepairs, home downpayments, street & water repairs and business start-ups.Shelley says some block grants go toward creating jobs — he says more than athousand jobs would NOT be created in Iowa under the budget cut proposals.

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