Urban
Progress The President signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Office of Urban Affairs . The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included broad support for urban communities. To broaden access to affordable housing, the Act provides for $1 billion in increased funding for the Community Development Block Grant; $4 billion in increased public housing capital funds; $2 billion in payments to owners of project based rental assistance properties to keep them affordable; $2 billion in Neighborhood Stabilization Funds to purchase and rehabilitate forclosed homes; and $1.5 billion in Homelessness Prevention Funds to keep people in their homes; To expand educational opportunity for low-income students, the Act provides for $13 billion in Title I funds to go to K-12 education in disadvantaged school systems; To strengthen workforce development, the Act provides $3.95 billion in increased workforce investment training dollars to keep our workers skil...