Guilford Receives $400,000 From Feds For Housing Projects

GUILFORD, CT - Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) Commissioner Evonne M. Klein today announced that $10.5 million is being awarded to 16 municipalities in Connecticut, including Guilford, to provide infrastructure upgrades and improvements with the goal of combatting blight, improving neighborhoods, and increasing economic development.

Awarded through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Cities program, which is administered by DOH with funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the grants are given to small towns that have a population below 50,000 residents and will advance projects that develop and preserve affordable housing, provide services to the most vulnerable residents in their communities, and also create and retain jobs.

“These projects will help so many local communities increase quality of life and make our state an even more attractive place to live, work and do business,” Governor Malloy said. “These are investments in our neighborhoods, in the people who live here, and in our economic future.”

“These awards will help to improve the lives of Connecticut residents,”Commissioner Klein said. “Whether it’s helping a family to complete essential renovations on their homes such as repairing a leaking roof, making a senior living facility ADA compliant, or improving the habitability of a domestic violence shelter – CDBG Small Cities funding is an important program. This federal funding is essential to low and moderate income residents and without these dollars, we would likely be unable to assist as many of our low and moderate income residents as they make these kinds of repairs.”

The Guilford project is:

• Guilford – $400,000 – Housing Rehabilitation Program: The town will undertake the rehabilitation of approximately 10 low and moderate-income family homes in the community, making them safer and more livable. Anticipated work includes roof replacements, furnace and heating system replacements, plumbing and electrical upgrades, ADA compliance modifications, septic system repairs, and energy efficiency improvements such as window and door replacements.