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Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a former fair housing attorney, announced $98,617,544 in federal funding for affordable housing, community development, and homelessness assistance throughout the Commonwealth. The funding is awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program, and Housing Trust Fund.

 

“No Virginian should be worried about whether they’ll have a place to sleep at night,” said the senators. “We’re glad this funding will support community development projects, improve and construct affordable housing options, and help more Virginians stay in their homes.”

 

Warner and Kaine have long supported efforts to increase access to affordable housing. Earlier this week, the senators announced over $55.5 million in federal funding improve affordable housing throughout Virginia. Also this week, Kaine also cosponsored the Housing Alignment and Coordination of Critical and Effective Supportive Health Services (ACCESS) Actlegislation to address the intersecting crises of homelessness, mental health, and substance use disorder.

 

In March 2023, the senators cosponsored the Downpayment Toward Equity Actlegislation to provide federal grants to first-generation homebuyers to cover down payment costs, closing costs, and costs to reduce the rates of interest. In April 2023, Kaine introduced the Fair Housing Improvement Act to protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination. In July 2023, Warner introduced bicameral legislation cosponsored by Kaine to help first-time, first-generation homebuyers – predominately Americans of color – build wealth much more rapidly by offering a 20-year mortgage for roughly the same monthly payment as a traditional 30-year loan.

 

A breakdown of the funding by program is below.

 

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): The CDBG program provides flexible funding to states, cities, and counties to support community development, including infrastructure, economic development projects, housing construction or rehabilitation, public facilities upgrades, homeowner assistance, and more.

 

City/County Amount of Funding
Commonwealth of Virginia $19,107,637
Alexandria $1,114,668
Blacksburg $541,225
Bristol $259,696
Charlottesville $438,617
Chesapeake $1,164,868
Christiansburg $163,666
Colonial Heights $91,001
Danville $857,190
Fredericksburg $187,161
Hampton $907,516
Harrisonburg $491,620
Hopewell $242,417
Lynchburg $722,622
Newport News $1,345,362
Norfolk $4,427,764
Petersburg $582,410
Portsmouth $1,563,930
Radford $172,251
Richmond $4,366,108
Roanoke $1,811,295
Staunton $328,268
Suffolk $519,451
Virginia Beach $2,081,498
Waynesboro City $167,321
Winchester $234,286
Arlington County $1,329,439
Chesterfield County $1,612,449
Fairfax County $5,804,077
Henrico County $1,610,554
Loudoun County $1,466,683
Prince William County $2,559,056
TOTAL $58,272,106

 

HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME): The HOME Program provides grants to states and localities that communities use – often in partnership with nonprofits – to build, buy, or rehabilitate affordable housing and provides direct rental assistance to low-income individuals.

City/County Amount of Funding
Commonwealth of Virginia $9,536,456
Alexandria $594,309
Blacksburg $547,113
Charlottesville $651,111
Chesapeake $520,599
Danville $284,497
Hampton $505,716
Lynchburg $302,774
Newport News $800,547
Norfolk $1,198,575
Portsmouth $455,398
Richmond $1,358,981
Roanoke $568,452
Suffolk $380,722
Virginia Beach $1,018,348
Winchester $570,716
Arlington County $698,792
Chesterfield County $568,229
Fairfax County $2,037,491
Henrico County $804,180
Loudoun County $439,635
Prince William County $794,851
TOTAL $24,637,492

 

Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG): The ESG program provides funding for emergency shelter for people in crisis, outreach and essential services to those living on the streets, re-housing services, and homeless prevention programs.

 

City/County Amount of Funding
Commonwealth of Virginia $3,069,615
Norfolk $389,171
Richmond $381,608
Roanoke $156,904
Virginia Beach $177,050
Fairfax County $499,429
Henrico County $145,231
Prince William County $228,267
TOTAL $5,047,275

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA): The HOPWA program provides housing assistance and support services to low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

 

City/County Amount of Funding
Commonwealth of Virginia $1,660,100
Richmond $2,044,113
Virginia Beach $3,117,530
TOTAL $6,821,743

 

Housing Trust Fund (HTF): The HTF program provides grants to states to preserve, build, and rehabilitate affordable housing for extremely low- and very low-income households.

 

Commonwealth of Virginia $3,838,928

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