HACA announces $93 million in housing assistance

The Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Mayor Kirk Watson announced 300 project-based housing vouchers that total $93 million in homelessness-ending investment over the next 20 years. The rental assistance vouchers, which include 100 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) vouchers for homeless veterans, will help provide stable housing for Austin’s chronically homeless. From a press release, the projects receiving the vouchers are:

• Austin Housing Finance Corporation (city of Austin): 10 VASH vouchers for veterans at the Country Inn Hotel Conversion, 7400 N. Interstate 35
• Caritas: 30 project-based vouchers and 20 VASH vouchers for use at its Cairn Point property, 7205 Cameron Road
• Elizabeth Properties: 25 VASH vouchers for veterans at Kensington Apartments, 3300 Manor Road
• Family Eldercare: 25 project-based vouchers and 10 VASH vouchers at Real Gardens, 2826 Real St.
• Foundation Communities: 30 project-based vouchers and 20 VASH vouchers for use at Burleson Studios, 7905 Burleson Road, and 10 project-based vouchers at Skyline Terrace, 1212 W. Ben White Blvd.
• LifeWorks: 25 project-based vouchers for The Works at Tillery, 701 Tillery St.
• SAFE Alliance: 30 project-based vouchers at the Lancaster, 5111-5115 Lancaster, and 25 project-based vouchers for use at The Sasha, 1401 Grove Blvd.
• SGI Ventures: 25 project-based vouchers and 15 VASH vouchers at The Roz, 3435 Parker Lane

Those seeking future vouchers can apply through the Communitywide Coordinated Entry System that is managed by the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition.

“I want to commend HACA and the city of Austin for their ingenuity and determination to make a difference for people who have fallen upon hard times,” HUD Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman said in a prepared statement. “The rental subsidies provided by HACA will create new affordable housing dedicated to those experiencing homelessness. This will help remove the complication of finding a place to call home.”