PHFA Seeks Requests to Fund Housing Projects in PA Marcellus
Listen up Pennsylvania communities with shale drilling: The PA Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) wants to hear from you with proposals for improving the "availability and affordability of housing in the Marcellus Shale region of the state." The PHFA is back for a second year in a row with $5 million from impact fee revenue to spread around in communities affected by shale drilling (see last year's story: PHFA Looking to Build Low Income Housing in Marcellus Region). We sometimes read stories complaining that housing is scarce and rents for apartments in shale areas are driving local welfare recipients to other regions of the state where it's cheaper to pay rent. Here's your chance to keep the slugs--er, a--low income folks in your own area...
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