Cabool, Houston housing organizations receive $322,061

Two housing organizations in Texas County will receive $322,061 under a federal program that helps provide affordable housing options to residents.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday that Houston Housing Authority would receive $240,493 and Cabool Housing Authority was tapped for $81,568 under the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV). They were among 46 Missouri groups that will receive assistance.

“These housing choice vouchers will offer more families the necessary relief they need to have continued access to safe, affordable housing options and increase our nation’s housing supply,” said HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman. “Currently, this country is in a housing deficit as we are 2 million homes short of the amount needed and as HUD’s single largest investment in affordable housing, public housing authorities will have the ability to provide more housing options to their constituents and continue to combat this nation’s housing affordability crisis.”

HUD said housing vouchers offer families flexibility and a wider range of affordable housing options in communities with better schools, or access to jobs or other opportunities, but landlords must be willing to accept vouchers for them to be effective.

Not only do housing vouchers free up income for basic needs, but when families are able to live in stable, affordable housing in low-poverty communities, it results in higher cognitive test scores and educational outcomes for children and increased chances of attending college and earning more as adults, HUD said in a press release.

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