![]() A number of new affordable housing construction projects are expected to get underway in the next year in Pueblo, Colorado now that the city has received vital federal support. That support is coming in the form of a community development block grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Along with additional support from HUD’s Home Investment Partnership Program, Pueblo is slated for roughly $2.4 million in funding that will go, in part, for the construction of two infill housing units, as well as the separate development of five rental units. The funding will also pay for the upgrading and rehabilitation of ten existing rental units in the city. Nearly $130,000 in Home Investment Partnership Program funds will go for the repurposing of the Sunset Motel, which will be turned into a property with 10 rooms exclusively for lower-income older adults. Located at 2124 Lake Avenue, the Sunset Motel was purchased last year by a group called Posada of Pueblo which offers emergency shelter for families with children. The group has additionally offered Covid-19 quarantine shelter at the motel. Another $400,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding will go for an upgrade project partly designed to make several sidewalks in the city more Americans with Disabilities Act compliant. Pueblo is designated as a federal entitlement community under the HUD block grant program. According to city documents, the “overall priority” in spending such funds in the city is to “increase self-sufficiency and economic opportunity for lower income residents and individuals with special needs so that they can achieve a reasonable standard of living.” By Garry Boulard
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