State Senator Camera Bartolotta | Pennsylvania
State Senator Camera Bartolotta | Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania communities in Beaver, Greene, and Washington counties will benefit from a series of grants to support affordable housing projects throughout the region, according to Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46). Grants totaling more than $5 million were announced by the Pennsylvania Housing Financing Agency.
“Without stable housing, people don’t have a realistic chance at professional success and upward mobility. Instead, they’re forced to focus on trying to fulfill a basic need,” Bartolotta said. “When we’re able to eliminate that worry, they can put their energy into other things that also support their stability. I am pleased to know how much the Marcellus Shale Impact Fee will help communities across the state and right here in our own backyard.”
The grants were awarded through the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement Fund, which was established in 2010 to assist with the creation, rehabilitation, and support of affordable housing throughout Pennsylvania. Funding for the grants is provided by the impact fee taxed on natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region and the state’s existing Realty Transfer Tax.
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