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Frostburg explores federal PRO Housing grant to advance Cambridge project and broader housing work
Summary
Council members said they will review a federal PRO Housing grant (described in the meeting as a $5'$10 million opportunity) that can fund studies, property purchases and staffing over six years; Ashley Blaine (housing authority) and Jane Verdi (Live Together, Inc.) are leading initial work tied to the Cambridge project.
Council discussed pursuing the federal PRO Housing grant, which staff described as a competitive program providing multiple-million-dollar awards to help remove obstacles to housing. "This grant is 5 to 10,000,000," the clerk said in the meeting when characterizing the program's scale, and staff said it can support a range of activities from studies to building purchases and staffing over a multi-year period.
Staff asked councilors for input on priorities to address barriers to affordable and moderate-income housing and said they will present a more detailed proposal by the next work session. The clerk identified Ashley Blaine (housing authority) and Jane Verdi (Live Together Incorporated) as the individuals working on the Cambridge project and said the university's decision to sell rather than lease a building may change project details.
