The Community Action Organization of WNY has received $100,000 from the New York Department of State to start a fund to provide housing assistance to 100 low-income families and residents of Buffalo’s East Side.
Secretary of State Robert Rodriguez announced the grant Wednesday at a press conference at the CAO office on Jewett Avenue.
The fund will address housing insecurity for homeowners and renters on the East Side, Rodriguez said.
“Part of our mission at the Department of State is to help individuals and families get out of poverty, and through that we need to work together with our partners to accomplish that mission,” Rodriguez said. “And that’s where community action organizations step in.”
Statewide housing groups had harsh criticism for the tentative budget deal announced by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The money will be disbursed by CAO of WNY as $1,000 individual grants.
Eligible residents include those who have at least one source of income and earn up to 200% of the federal poverty level, which varies by family size, said Brandi Haynes, vice president of Adult Services for CAO of WNY.
“With apartments going to market rate or 10% above market rate, a lot of low-income families cannot afford to move or sustain…
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