FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2002

LARSON ANNOUNCES $10 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS FOR IMMANUEL HOUSING IN HARTFORD

HARTFORD- U.S. Congressman John B. Larson (CT-01) today announced that the Immanuel Church Housing Corporation has received two grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development worth a total of $10 million. The first grant of $5,713,400 has been designated to fund the construction of a 40-unit affordable housing project for elderly people. The second grant of $4,479,000 will go toward converting 46 units at Immanuel House to assisted living.

Larson stated: