WAMC: City of Albany ARPA funds at work

WAMC Northeast Public Radio’s Dave Lucas interviewed our executive director Christine Schudde about the impact that the City of Albany’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) award is having on Habitat’s work.

Listen to the full interview here.

“We applied with the goal of building 100 new homes within the city of Albany, all to be sold at affordable prices to first time homeowners. So it was a long application process," Schudde said. "There were several rounds of written application. There was interviews about the application and our goals and our expenditures. And we were thrilled to be awarded $3.79 million. We are nine houses into the 100. So far, that's just the ones that Habitat for Humanity has built. So we've finished nine houses in Albany's Sheridan hollow neighborhood, we have six more under construction in Albany's Arbor Hill neighborhood, and we have another 10 to 15 in pre development, which means that we are actively getting building permits and getting everything ready to start construction within the next few months.”

Schudde says this is the largest single grant that the organization has ever received.

Read more about Habitat’s joint goal with the Albany County Land Bank of building 100 new homes in the City of Albany.