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For Immediate Release
November 3, 2006 |
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Shays Announces Multifamily
Housing Service Coordinator Grant for Schoolhouse Apartments
Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Christopher Shays (R-Bridgeport)
announced today the New Samaritan/Elderly Housing Management
Corporation would receive $156,173 from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Multifamily Housing
Service Coordinator program at Schoolhouse Apartments in New
Canaan.
The Service Coordinator Program provides funding for the employment
and support of Service Coordinators in insured and assisted
housing developments that are designed for the elderly, or
non-elderly persons with disabilities. Service coordinators
help residents obtain supportive services from the community
that are needed to enable independent living and aging in
place.
“The Multifamily Housing Service Coordinator program
provides an important service to New Canaan. I am grateful
for this support from the Department of Housing and Urban
Development it will help meet the needs of more senior residents
of the Fourth District allowing them to remain in their own
homes” stated Shays, who helped secure HUD section 8
funds to convert the building to subsidized housing for elderly
and disabled more than a decade ago, and is a member of the
House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community
Opportunity.
Contact: Sarah Moore, 202/225-5541
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