Albany- Community Development Block Grants have helped Albany improve housing projects across the city, but now that money's in jeopardy. Wednesday, House and Senate leaders got a tour of Albany housing projects to stress the importance of CDBG funding. Representative from both Senator Saxby Chambliss and Congressman Sanford Bishop's office along with city and county officials toured Albany's Homeless Transitional Facility. Representatives say what Albany's done with their funding is impressive. "I'm always concerned with the plight of homeless people because that's not an issue that's dealt with on a consistent basis, but I'm just happy to know in Albany they've expressed an interest in it, and they have a transitional housing center to help those affected by the plight of homelessness," said Kenneth Cutts, Congressman Sanford Bishop's spokesman.
The grant will allow the Albany department to fund education programs for residents of its 14-county coverage area, Senior Housing Counselor B.J. Jackson-Burton said.
“That’s what I’ve been doing (today) is setting our schedule for the next 12 months for what classes were going to be doing,” she said Friday after receiving news from Bishop’s office of awarding of the grant.
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