WASHINGTON -- Federal grants worth $11.7 million for public housing were awarded to 25 R.I. cities and towns, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed announced in a news release Thursday.
The money, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public Housing Capital Fund Program, will go to develop, finance and modernize public housing.
The money will help preserve affordable housing, as well as "build stronger neighborhoods, and put more contractors to work making needed repairs," said Reed, a senior member of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.
There are about 9,500 public housing units in Rhode Island, he said.
The following communities will receiving the following amounts for public housing agencies:
Bristol: $189,744
Burrillville: $83,888
Central Falls: $341,939
Coventry: $214,661
Cranston: $568,618
Cumberland: $151,910
East Greenwich: $33,156
East Providence: $389,590
Jamestown: $28,288
Johnston: $172,104
Lincoln: $280,988
Narragansett: $13,758
Newport: $1,691,595
North Providence: $126,526
Pawtucket: $1,175,821
Portsmouth: $38,253
Providence: $3,228,877
Smithfield: $51,630
South Kingstown: $102,250
Tiverton: $42,161
Warren: $142,325
Warwick: $494,760
West Warwick: $207,116
Westerly: $130,991
Woonsocket: $1,823,349
TOTAL: $11,724,298
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