{"id":7035,"date":"2021-06-14T14:33:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T14:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-and-reverend-warnock-announce-major-federal-investment-in-housing-vouchers-for-vulnerable-families-individuals-across-georgia\/"},"modified":"2021-09-14T20:21:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:21:15","slug":"sens-ossoff-and-reverend-warnock-announce-major-federal-investment-in-housing-vouchers-for-vulnerable-families-individuals-across-georgia","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-and-reverend-warnock-announce-major-federal-investment-in-housing-vouchers-for-vulnerable-families-individuals-across-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff and Reverend Warnock Announce Major Federal Investment in Housing Vouchers for Vulnerable Families, Individuals Across Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgia to receive more than $18 million in emergency housing vouchers from HUD<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critical funding was secured in the American Rescue Plan, championed by Warnock and Ossoff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) provides local Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) the funding to assist families and individuals in unstable housing situations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, D.C<\/strong>. \u2013\u00a0Today,\u00a0Georgia U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock, both members of the Senate committee overseeing housing policy,\u00a0announced Georgia would receive more than $18 million in emergency housing vouchers from\u00a0the\u00a0U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development\u00a0(HUD)\u00a0to help secure housing for approximately 1,300 home-insecure\u00a0families\u00a0and individuals.\u00a0This funding will provide safe housing to Georgians across the state who are at risk of or\u00a0experiencing\u00a0homelessness and those who are living in\u00a0an unsafe or abusive\u00a0living environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The funding is part of HUD\u2019s national Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program,\u00a0a program included in the\u00a0American Rescue Plan<\/em>. The program will provide local Public Housing Authorities (PHAs)\u00a0with\u00a0funding to assist\u00a0families and individuals who are homeless; at risk of homelessness; fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking; or were recently homeless or have a high risk of housing instability.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSenator Reverend Warnock and I have secured this funding to reduce homelessness and domestic violence in Georgia. I ask that local partners and leaders help ensure effective use of these resources to help Georgians in crisis,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>said Senator Ossoff.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRegardless of zip code or income, Georgians deserve the opportunity to not just survive, but thrive\u2014and that means having a safe and stable place to live in and call home,\u201d<\/em> said Senator Reverend Warnock.<\/strong> \u201cThis funding will provide a tremendous boost to families and individuals across the state navigating housing insecurity and working hard to overcome housing challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. I am proud to see these federal housing investments directed to Georgian families who need it most.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program allocations<\/u>\u00a0estimates<\/u>\u00a0to Georgia Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) are as follows:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public Housing Authority<\/strong><\/td>Number of vouchers<\/strong><\/td>Amount received from the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta<\/td>202<\/td>$2,998,632 <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Housing Authority of the City of Augusta<\/td>61<\/td>$724,572<\/td><\/tr>
Housing Authority of the City of Jonesboro<\/td>58<\/td>$760,836<\/td><\/tr>
Housing Authority of Fulton County<\/td>40<\/td>$493, 380<\/td><\/tr>
Housing Authority of the City of Albany<\/td>21<\/td>$228,528 <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Georgia Residential Finance<\/td>798<\/td>$10,594,788 <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Housing Authority of Dekalb County<\/td>113<\/td>$1,527,300<\/td><\/tr>
Housing Authority of Savannah<\/td>53<\/td>$681,780<\/td><\/tr>
Housing Authority of the City of Columbus<\/td>43<\/td>$441,864 <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>1,389<\/strong><\/td>$18,451,680<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Georgia to receive more than $18 million in emergency housing vouchers from HUD Critical funding was secured in the American Rescue Plan, championed by Warnock and Ossoff The Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) provides local Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) the funding to assist families and individuals in unstable housing situations Washington, D.C. \u2013\u00a0Today,\u00a0Georgia U.S. Senators Jon […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7035","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/7035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/7035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7307,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/7035\/revisions\/7307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}