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Sen. Angela Alsobrooks tells Eastern Shore delegation federal housing, crypto and infrastructure work aims to help local communities
Summary
U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks told the Eastern Shore delegation March 13 that expanding federal housing funds, consumer protections for crypto and targeted infrastructure dollars are central to her agenda and highlighted several grants secured for shore counties.
U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) told the Eastern Shore delegation on March 13 that her priorities in the Senate center on economic opportunity and housing affordability, and she outlined legislation and funding she said would help communities on the Eastern Shore.
Alsobrooks said the bipartisan Road to Housing Act includes provisions to allow federal dollars for small home repairs, address appraisal bias and reauthorize the HOME program for the first time since 1994. “This program hasn’t been reauthorized since 1994,” she said, noting the bill would raise the program’s authorization from $3 billion to $5 billion to support first-time homebuyers and other affordable-housing programs.
Why it matters: Local officials at the meeting pressed for federal support on wastewater, dredging and workforce housing; Alsobrooks framed the housing package and HOME…
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