Welcome to the The Government Grant Portal serving Ohio Small Business Housing Grants, Ohio Women Business Grants, Student College Grants,Ohio SBA Minority Grants; We offer the essential guide for Grants in all 50 states. Ready to claim your share of free Government grant, home grants, small business grant, federal grants, or any other type of grants, then here's how you can tap into the billions of free Government tax dollars available for you. Uncle Sam is literally giving away over $1.5 Trillion dollars in free grants in 2007. The great thing is as long as you are over 18 years old and are an American citizen or legal resident with a lawful and legitimate use for these grants - you are eligible. For example, you can get Ohio Government grants for first time home buyers! Order The Grant Authority Book! These are Federal and State Government grants you can use for a variety of reasons. Government grants, by the way, have been funded by your Ohio tax dollars. You can use Government grants to get money for school, food and clothing, your church and many other reasons. There are over 24,000 Ohio State Government grants & National programs and 1500 Federal Government grant programs administered by 57 different Federal agencies. http://www.government-grant.biz/OH-government-grants.html http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:16:18 -1000 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:14:46 -1000 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.1.8) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com http://government-grant.biz/rss-feed-grant.jpg http://www.government-grant.biz/OH-government-grants.html Welcome to the The Government Grant Portal serving Ohio Small Business Housing Grants 144 144 WASHINGTON - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez joined with Congressman Michael G. Oxley today to announce that more than $800 million in housing assistance grants will be awarded this year to help the nation's very low-income elderly and people with disabilities. The grants include $700 million for the elderly and $176 million for people with disabilities. Included in the announcement were two grants for Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio totaling more than $3 million for construction of elderly housing in Marion, Ohio. Martinez and Oxley made the announcements at the Harding Home State Memorial in Marion, Ohio. The funding announcements also included, $30.9 million in housing assistance grants for Ohio's very low-income elderly and $6.9 million for Ohio citizens with disabilities. "The Bush Administration is committed to making sure our senior citizens and people with disabilities have a decent, safe and affordable place to live," Martinez said. "The money that we awarded today is one way we can give back to a generation of Americans who have given us so much." "Under the leadership of Secretary Martinez, HUD has demonstrated its commitment to improving housing opportunities for all Americans," Oxley said. "As Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, I will continue to work with Secretary Martinez and HUD on programs that improve the quality of life in our communities." Section 202 Grants (funding to assist very low-income elderly) In addition to funding the construction and rehabilitation of projects to create apartments, HUD grants will subsidize rents for five years so that residents will pay only 30 percent of their adjusted incomes as rent. To be eligible for the assistance a household must be classified as "very low income," which means an income less than 50 percent of the area median. Nationally, this means an income of less than $19,040 a year. HUD provides two forms of Section 202 funds to non-profit groups: * Capital advances. This money covers the cost of developing the housing. It does not need to be repaid if the housing is available for occupancy by very low-income seniors for at least * Project rental assistance. This money covers the difference between the resident's contribution toward rent and the cost of operating the project. Section 811 Grants (funding to assist very low-income people with disabilities) This housing, most of which will be newly constructed, typically is small apartment buildings for no more than 14 people, group homes for three to four people per home, or condominium units. Residents will pay 30 percent of their income for rent and the federal government will pay the rest. The grants are awarded under HUD's Section 811 program, which provides housing for households with one or more very low-income individuals, at least one of whom is at least 18 years old and has a disability, such as a physical or developmental disability or chronic mental illness. The term "person with disabilities" also includes two or more people with disabilities living together, and one or more persons with disabilities living with one or more live-in attendants. The program allows persons with disabilities to live independently in their communities by increasing the supply of rental housing with the availability of supportive services. To be classified as "very low-income," a household income cannot exceed 50 percent of the area median income. However, most households that receive Section 811 assistance have an income less than 30 percent of the area median. Generally, this means that a one-person household will have an annual income of about $11,025, and a two-person household will have an income of about $12,600. HUD provides the funds to non-profits in two forms: * Capital advances. This is money that covers the cost of developing the housing. It does not need to be repaid as long as the housing is available for at least 40 years for occupancy by very low-income people with disabilities. * Project rental assistance. This is money that goes to each non-profit group to cover the difference between the residents' contributions toward rent and the cost of operating the project. Secretary Martinez and Congressman Oxley also announced HUD funding for several additional programs in Ohio. This funding totals more than $4 million and includes: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) $1,588,000 CDBG funds enable state and local governments to target their own economic development priorities. Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) $ 494,000 HOME is the largest federal block grant to state and local governments designed exclusively to create affordable housing for low-income households. Mainstream Housing for People with Disabilities $1,385,106 Mainstream program vouchers enable families having a person with disabilities to lease affordable private housing of their choice. Rental Assistance Program (RAP) $ 714,641 This program provides housing choice vouchers to enable non-elderly disabled families to access affordable housing. http://www.government-grant.biz/OH-government-grants.html 13545EF7-60CC-484D-AB0B-3734D9DE24AB Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:12:10 -1000