HUD representatives presented a $40M Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant check to Miami Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (4th from left) for the redevelopment of POAH's Cutler Manor property and the surrounding Goulds Neighborhood. POAH Managing Director, Real Estate Development Rodger Brown (2nd from right) attended the event.
HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge had announced the grant on July 26 saying "The Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants will help revitalize and transform the distressed public and/or assisted housing and neighborhoods across the country, while also providing residents with services focused on income, health, and education. The CNI Grants fund the creation of new mixed-income housing communities, improve economic development opportunities, and support wide-scale community revitalization efforts that focus on the three areas of “Housing, People, and Neighborhood.” The new grantees will join a committed group of 44 other Choice Neighborhoods sites nationwide that have collectively invested more than $6.3 billion into historically disinvested communities. The eight new awards have leveraged an additional $3 billion in public and private commitments to make their larger Transformation Plan a reality.
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