E8-26659. Announcement of Funding Awards for the Public Housing Neighborhood Networks Program for Fiscal Year 2007

AGENCY:

Office of Public and Indian Housing, HUD.

ACTION:

Announcement of Funding Awards.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department for funding under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Public Housing Neighborhood Networks Program funding for FY2007. This announcement contains the consolidated names and addresses of award recipients selected for funding based on the rating and ranking of all applications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For questions concerning the FY2007 Public Housing Neighborhood Networks awards, contact the Office of Public and Indian Housing's Grants Management Center, Acting Director, J. David Reeves, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC, telephone [phone]. For the hearing or speech impaired, these numbers may be accessed via TTY (text telephone) by calling the Federal Information Relay Service at 1 [phone]. (Other than the “800” TTY number, these telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The authority for the $10,000,000 in one-year budget authority for Public Housing Neighborhood Networks program is found in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, FY 2007 (Pub. L. 110-5). The allocation of housing assistance budget authority is pursuant to the provisions of 24 CFR part 791, subpart D, implementing section 213(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.

This program is intended to provide grants to public housing authorities (PHAs) to update and expand existing Neighborhood Networks community technology centers, or establish new Neighborhood Networks centers. These centers offer comprehensive services designed to help public housing residents achieve long-term economic self-sufficiency.

The FY2007 awards announced in this Notice were selected for funding in a competition announced in a Federal Register NOFA published on March 13, 2007 (71 FR 3382). Applications were scored based on the selection criteria in that NOFA and funding selections made based on the rating and ranking of applications.

In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3545), the Department is publishing the names, addresses, and amounts of the 40 awards made under the Public Housing Neighborhood Networks program competition.

Dated: October 31, 2008.

Paula O. Blunt,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

Recipient	Address/city/state/zip code	Amount
Housing Authority of the City of Prichard	4559 St. Stephens Road, Eight Mile, AL 36613	300,000
Mobile Housing Board	151 South Claiborne Street, Mobile, AL 36602	250,000
San Diego Housing Commission	1122 Broadway, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92101	300,000
Housing Authority of the City of Pueblo	1414 North Santa Fe Avenue, 10th Floor, Pueblo, CO 81003	400,000
Housing Authority of the City of Meriden	22 Church Street, Meriden, CT 06451	150,000
Housing Authority of the City of Fort Myers	4224 Michigan Avenue, Fort Myers, FL 33916	150,000
Carrollton Housing Authority	1 Roop Street, Carrollton, GA 30112	150,000
Gainesville Housing Authority	1750 Pearl Nix Parkway, Gainesville, GA 30503	300,000
Housing Authority of the City of Rock Island	227-21st Street, Rock Island, IL 61201	150,000
Knox County Housing Authority	255 West Tompkins, Galesburg, IL 61401	300,000
Rockford Housing Authority	223 South Winnebago Street, Rockford, IL 61102	400,000
Campbellsville Housing & Redevelopment Authority	400 Ingram Avenue, Campbellsville, KY 42718	150,000
Housing Authority of Madisonville	211 Pride Avenue, Madisonville, KY 42431	150,000
Lebanon Housing Authority	101 Hamilton Heights, Lebanon, KY 40033	150,000
Louisville Metro Housing Authority	420 South Eighth Street, Louisville, KY 40203	250,000
Housing Authority of Baltimore City	417 East Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21202	599,592
Housing Authority of the City of Frederick	209 Madison Street, Frederick, MD 21701	150,000
Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County MD	10400 Detrick Avenue, Kensington, MD 20895	400,000
Port Huron Housing Commission	905 Seventh Street, Port Huron, MI 48060	300,000
Public Housing Agency of the City of Saint Paul	555 North Wabasha Street, Suite 400, Saint Paul, MN 55102-1602	250,000
Housing Authority of St. Louis County	8865 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63121	150,000
Public Housing Authority of Butte	220 Curtis Street, Butte, MT 59701	150,000
Housing of the City of Durham	P.O. Box 1726, 330 East Main Street, Durham, NC 27701	400,000
Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority	300 Perry Street, Buffalo, NY, 14204	250,000
Municipal Housing Authority of the City of Schenectady	375 Broadway, Schenectady, NY 12305	200,000
New York City Housing Authority	250 Broadway, New York, NY 10007	600,000
Syracuse Housing Authority	516 Burt Street, Syracuse, NY 13202	200,000
Portage Metropolitan Housing Authority	2832 State Route 59, Ravenna, OH 44266	300,000
Springfield Metropolitan Housing Authority	101 West High Street, Springfield, OH 45502	300,000
Chester Housing Authority	35 East 5th Street, Chester, PA 19013-4401	400,000
Housing Authority of the City of Providence	100 Broad Street, Providence, RI 02903	250,000
Chattanooga Housing Authority	801 North Holtzclaw Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37404	400,000
Memphis Housing Authority	700 Adams Avenue, Memphis, TN 38105	250,000
Housing Authority of the City of Temple	P.O. Box 1326, 700 West Calhoun, Temple, TX 76503-1326	150,000
Houston Housing Authority	2640 Fountain View Drive, Suite 235E, Houston, TX 77057	250,000
Danville Redevelopment and Housing Authority	135 Jones Crossing, Danville, VA 24541	300,000
Burlington Housing Authority	65 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401	148,669
Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton	110 Russell Road, Bremerton, WA 98312	150,000
King County Housing Authority	600 Andover Park West, Tukwila, WA 98188	250,000
Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee	809 North Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202	250,000