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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
QUESTIONS: 414-328-8910
Date: Jan 11, 2008
USDA's Rental Assistance Program
Many housing advocates for people with disability look only to HUD
(vouchers, HOME, CDBG, public housing) or IRS (Low-income housing tax
credits) for housing. In this Information Bulletin, we look at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture for housing. While the USDA provides funding for
home owners and single family housing, we're going to look only at rental
housing for multiple-family housing.
USDA's Rental Assistance Program - Information Bulletin # 233
(1/08) Many housing advocates for people with disability look only to HUD
(vouchers, HOME, CDBG, public housing) or IRS (Low-income housing tax
credits) for housing. In this Information Bulletin, we look at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture for housing. While the USDA provides funding for
home owners and single family housing, we're going to look only at rental
housing for multiple-family housing.
The USDA funds both capital costs to construct/ rehabilitate and also
rental assistance, so that low income persons can afford to rent the
units. The USDA "Rental Assistance" program provides rental subsidies -
"housing vouchers" - to those units that it has funded with capital funds.
These rental subsidies are just like HUD's project-based vouchers; they go
with the USDA rental unit but not with the individual.
If a person is lucky enough to reside in a USDA multifamily "rental
assistance" unit, like HUD's vouchers, the person pays only a portion of
the rent and the USDA "rental assistance" subsidizes the rest of the rent.
In FY 2006, the USDA provided new Rental Assistance awards for nearly
42,000 units, which was in addition to the many existing units that also
receive USDA Rental Assistance. As of 9/30/07, nearly 60% (266,228) of
the USDA total multifamily rental units (441,534) receive "Rental
Assistance" subsidies.
Below we provide by State a breakdown of the total number of USDA rental
assistance properties the number of Rental Assistance units (i.e.,those with
project-based subsidies) out of the total number of USDA funded rental
units.
To find the city and street address of the USDA properties in your State
with both the specific number of units and the specific number that
receives rental assistance, go to www.nhtinc.org, click on subsidized
housing data, then go to your State and click on USDA Section 515.
These USDA units must comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and
must have at least five percent of their units accessible for people with a
mobility disability and another one percent for visual and for hearing
disabilities. People who require the accessible features should be
residing in those units.
Advocates should know where these properties are located, how many units in
each property receives a "Rental Assistance" subsidy, and whether Section
504 has been complied with.
The first column of numbers lists the total number of properties in the
USDA "Multifamily Housing Portfolio." The second column lists the number
of units in the properties that receive a "Rental Assistance" (i.e., rental
subsidy) and the third column lists the total number of USDA units in all
the properties.
Alabama .....................480 USDA multifamily properties have 8,025
units receiving "Rental Assistance" out of a total 15,789 USDA multifamily
units in the state.
Alaska ....................... 39 USDA multifamily properties have 813
units receiving "Rental Assistance" out of a total of 894 USDA multifamily
units in the state.
Arizona .....................117 USDA multifamily properties have 3,175
units receiving "Rental Assistance" out of a total 3712 USDA multifamily
units in the state.
Arkansas............362 ............6,360..........10,267
California..........407............ 12,230..........18,828
Colorado............130 ............ 2,428...........3,387
Connecticut........ 65............ 1,639...........2,482
Delaware........... 53............ 1,197...........1,633
Florida.............428............. 9.313..........16,346
Georgia.............457............ 8,217..........15,984
Hawaii.............. 26............... 702...........1,011
Idaho...............181............. 3,641...........4,224
Illinois............624............. 7,208..........10,835
Indiana............ 556............. 7,783..........14,135
Iowa................555 ........... 7,602......... 10,412
Kansas..............366............ 3,882...........6,595
Kentucky............450 ........... 6,369..........12.261
Louisiana...........384............ 7,729..........12,537
Maine............. 347 ............5,980...........8,169
Maryland............168 .......... 2,990...........5,326
Massachus......... 62 ...........1,488...........1,996
Michigan............616............. 9,208..........18,603
Minnesota...........634 ........... 6,468..........11,600
Mississippi.........498 ............ 9,249..........15,377
Missouri............796............. 9,031..........18,596
Montana............ 159............. 1,969...........2,536
Nebraska............252............ 2,532...........3,659
Nevada...............69 ............ 1,681...........2,060
New Hampshire.......84............. 1,895...........2,516
New Jersey..........81............. 2,018...........3,311
New Mexico.........108............. 2,966...........3,946
New York .......... 450 ............5,376..........13,314
North Carolina..... 629............14,778..........22,457
North Dakota....... 226 ............2,044...........3,130
Ohio.................392............ 8,927..........14,673
Oklahoma.......... 292.............5,178...........8,042
Oregon............ 185.............4,056...........5,448
Pennsylvania........ 309.............6,922..........10,302
Rhode Island....... 12 ..............376.............421
South Carolina.... 324.............6,192..........11,893
South Dakota...... 441.............4,622...........6,680
Tennessee.......... 375.............6,785..........12,832
Texas............. 756............13,629..........24,586
Utah............... 87 ............1,706...........2,121
Vermont............ 66 ............1,307...........1,581
Virginia........... 261.............6,292..........10,279
Washington ........ 297 ............5,911...........8,716
West Virginia...... 248 ............4,297...........7,107
Wisconsin ....... 512 ...........6,648..........10,363
Wyoming .............57.............1,167...........1,614
TOTAL......... 15,603...........266,228.........441.534
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