By PAUL HAMMEL
Nebraska Examiner
LINCOLN — Forty affordable housing projects across the state, from Auburn to Bertrand and Ewing to Omaha, will share in nearly $17.5 million in state housing grants, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development announced Wednesday.
The grants, which are annual awards from the 26-year-old Nebraska Affordable Housing Trust Fund, will help develop 381 housing units, both rental and single-family owned, as well as aid housing rehabilitation and provide financial help for first-time homebuyers.
Lynn Kohout, DED’s director of housing, said that providing good housing is a “catalyst for business and community development” in rural and urban areas of the state.
The programs that were awarded funds (multiple awards implies different project/type and/or service area):
Central Nebraska Economic Development Inc.: $599,500
Central Nebraska Economic Development Inc.: $599,500
City of Auburn: $530,000
City of Burwell: $520,650
City of David City: $575,600
City of Fremont: $310,500
Fairbury Housing Authority: $40,000
Fillmore County Development Corp. $575,600
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc.: $520,000
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc.: $580,000
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc.: $580,000
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc.: $40,000
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc.: $520,000
Hastings Community Redevelopment Authority: $500,000
High Plains Community Development Corp. Inc.: $300,000
Holy Name Housing Corp.: $525,000
Holy Name Housing Corp.: $525,000
Midwest Housing Initiatives: $445,387
inCOMMON Community Development: $40,000
Nebraska Housing Resource: $580,000
NeighborWorks Lincoln: $512,700
NeighborWorks Lincoln: $528,900
NeighborWorks Lincoln: $536,125
NeighborWorks Northeast Nebraska: $580,000
NeighborWorks Northeast Nebraska: $599,500
Omaha 100: $580,000
Project Houseworks: $578,500
Project Houseworks: $40,000
Purpose Transitional Housing Ministries: $40,000
Seventy Five North Revitalization Corp.: $500,000
Seward County Housing Corp.: $610,000
Canopy South: $40,000
Southwest Nebraska Community Betterment Corp.: $356,000
Spark Capital: $40,000
Talented Tenth Group: $510,000
Thayer County Economic Development Alliance: $520,000
Three Rivers Housing Development Corp.: $523,500
Three Rivers Housing Development Corp.: $523,500
Village of Bertrand: $525,000
Village of Ewing: $431,640