Pennsylvania

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Mission: To encourage the shared prosperity of all Pennsylvanians by supporting good stewardship and sustainable development initiatives across our commonwealth.
Services Administered: CDBG, CDBG-DR, NSP, RHP, HOME, CoC, ESG
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency works to provide affordable homeownership and rental apartment options for older adults, low- and moderate-income families, and people with special housing needs.
Services Administered: HTF

Fiscal Year 2023 HUD Grants

CDBG

State

$41,120,349

Total

$186,593,032

RHP

State

$1,288,739

Total

$1,288,739

HOME

State

$22,435,460

Total

$63,946,894

HTF

State

$12,081,840

Total

$12,081,840

Hopwa

State

$2,482,567

Total

$14,664,143

ESG

State

$5,768,872

Total

$16,400,364

Service Area Demographics
(Non-Metro)

Rural Population

1,446,887

Urban Population

11,355,102

Total Population

12,801,989

Poverty Rate

10.5%

Housing Units

5,732,628

Unemployment Rate

6.6%

Median Household Income

$61,744

Bill’s House

– Alice Place Monroe provides much needed affordable housing to adults 55 and older in Monroe and the surrounding area. Our goal was to create a community where residents can feel at home and enjoy the multiple amenities and communal spaces on-site. There has been a need for independent senior housing throughout Green County. Bringing Affordable Senior Housing to Monroe will continue to be integral to the growth of Monroe.

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Freedom Court

Freedom Court is located in Mount Carmel Borough, Northumberland County and is in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Coal Region. The affordable rental housing constructed in 2019-2020 created five units of one-bedroom senior apartments with a military veteran’s preference. The project design of Freedom Court meets the mobility needs of seniors featuring 700 sq ft garden-style apartments with zero step entrances. As of today, all units are occupied by senior veterans.

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Logan Avenue Streetscape & Sidewalk Replacement

Existing sidewalks and street curbs were deteriorated beyond repair and was contributing to blighted conditions throughout the neighborhood. The Streetscape/Sidewalk Replacement project addressed multiple states of deterioration and blight throughout the neighborhood.

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Pine Grove Floodplain Restoration

On September 8, 2011, Tropical Storm Lee produced over 15 inches of rainfall in the 120 square mile Upper Swatara Creek watershed. The north end of Pine Grove Borough is where the most severe flooding impacts the town, 180 residential dwellings, numerous commercial businesses, and the town’s largest employer (Guilford Mills with over 300 employees) were severely impacted. Guillford Mills had 36 inches of water inside it’s facility.
The project utilized approximately 50 acres of open land on the east side of the Swatara Creek to develop a naturalized floodplain area that would alleviate the majority of flooding on the west side of the creek. In the process, the elevation of the land on the east side of the creek was four to five feet, wetlands restored and roads and utilities relocated.

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