Public housing gets $35M from HUD

HUD has announced the award of $34.9 million to public housing authorities, public housing resident associations, Native American tribes, and non-profit organizations to hire or retain service coordinators to help residents find jobs, educational opportunities, and achieve economic and housing independence. The funding, provided through HUD’s Resident Opportunities and Self Sufficiency – Service Coordinators Program (ROSS-SC) helps grantees hire or retain "service coordinators" who work directly with residents to assess their needs and connect them with education, job training and placement programs, and/or computer and financial literacy services available in their community to promote self-sufficiency.