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HARKIN ANNOUNCES FUNDS FOR IOWA HOUSING

12/14/2005

WASHINGTON, D.C. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that the Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority received $61,083 and the Des Moines Municipal Housing Authority received $27,953 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD.)

“It is essential that decent affordable housing become available for all Iowans with low and modest incomes,” said Harkin. “This assistance will help low income persons and their families take on this problem and work to gain the skills to live self sufficiently. I have always believed that quality and affordable housing is the cornerstone of the American dream.”

The organizations will use these funds to hire a program coordinator to link participating families to the support services they need to become self-sufficient. Harkin is a senior Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee that funds HUD.


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