USDA Rural Development Nashville Area Director Chris Westbrook today joined Community Housing Partnership of Williamson County Executive Director Stephen Murray to celebrate Community Housing Partnership’s receipt of a grant to assist low- and very-low-income rural residents in Williamson County.
“These grants help rural homeowners improve their properties,” Westbrook said. “Funds may be used to resolve health or safety issues, make accessibility modifications for people with disabilities, or make energy-efficiency improvements.”
The $36,318 grant is being provided through USDA Rural Development's Housing Preservation Grant program and is being combined with funding from Williamson County and Greater Nashville Regional Council to help 13 very-low income elderly and disabled families in Williamson County make housing repairs.
USDA Rural Development is moving investments to rural America with housing, business and infrastructure loans and grants to create jobs and strengthen rural economies with an emphasis to assist areas of persistent poverty. Since 2009, the agency has assisted more than 1.5 million Tennessee families and businesses in 230 communities in all 95 counties of Tennessee, investing more than $5.4 Billion through affordable loans, loan guarantees and grants.
For more information on USDA Rural Development programs available in middle Tennessee, call the Nashville Area Office at 615.783.1359, or visit us online at www.rd.usda.gov/TN.