Freeholder Chairperson: Charles E. Tomaro
Office Head: Paul Buckley

 

AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT – MIDDLESEX COUNTY HUD FUNDING American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – Middlesex County has been awarded funding through this federal legislation, commonly referred to as “the Stimulus Plan”.  The Middlesex County Department of Housing & Community Development is receiving two formula grants from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.  The newly created Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing (HPRP) program will provide the county with $800,475 that will be used to help implement the Middlesex County 10 year Plan on Homelessness.   Middlesex County will also receive $523,531 in Community Development Block Grant Recovery funds (CDBG-R) that have been awarded to the 19 municipalities that form the Middlesex’s  Urban County cooperative.  Documents and progress updates relating to these two grants are provided below. For more details on either program, please call 732-745-3025. PUBLIC NOTICE  - MIDDLESEX “URBAN COUNTY” COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2008 CONSOLIDATED ACTION PLAN - Adobe PDF Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan 2008 Action Planfor the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) - Adobe PDF Mandatory Application Training Workshop June 17, 2009 - Adobe PDF

 

This Department administers three programs funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Section 8 Rental Assistance; Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); and HOME Investment Partnerships. All three programs are designed primarily to benefit lower income persons and households, and most of the rules governing them are set by HUD.

These programs began with the Community Development Block Grant in 1976. Section 8 Rental Assistance was added in 1978, and HOME in 1992. Together, these three programs distribute over $7 million each year to people and organizations within Middlesex County. The programs help pay families' rent, create new affordable housing, and provide needed services.