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Hamden Community Development Program Receives Positive Rating from HUD

HAMDEN – Mayor Craig B. Henrici announced today that the Town of Hamden's Community Development Program received a positive rating from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) following an annual assessment of last year's activities.

“Each year the Town receives a grant from HUD to benefit the people and neighborhoods that need the most help. We are happy that, even in these days where more and more families find themselves coming to the Town for help, our community development program has been able to remain both flexible and reliable in providing a helping hand to residents and businesses,” said Mayor Henrici.

In Fiscal Year 2006, the Town received a Community Development Block Grant of nearly $520,000. The nine-member Community Development Advisory Commission made up of Hamden residents helps the Town's Department of Economic and Community Development establish a budget for these funds and oversees the program operations. The funds are available for programs ranging from housing rehabilitation to business sign grants to sidewalk repair. Approximately half of last year's allocation went toward the rehabilitation of housing in the Newhall, Highwood, and State Street target areas.

Residents with questions about the Community Development program can contact the office at (203) 776-5978 or visit its website at www.hamdencommunitydevelopment.com.