BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore has been awarded a $30 million federal grant that will support the city’s $889 million plan to revitalize three neighborhoods.
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ outlets report the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant is being awarded to cities as part of the agency’s Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. Department Mid-Atlantic regional administrator Joe DeFelice says the grants are used to replace distressed properties with mixed-income housing, encourage commercial activity and connect families with employment, health and education services.
The Baltimore Sun reports DeFelice announced the grant Thursday during a news conference with Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh.
The money will help Baltimore’s effort to redevelop the 75-year-old Perkins Homes public housing development, the site of the former Somerset public housing development and Old Town. Pugh says the neighborhoods have been neglected for decades.
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