HAVRE, Mont. (NMB) – Senator Steve Daines secured $7.9 million for Montana low-income housing and over $48 million for Montana Transit Thursday, April 2 for COVID-19 relief.
The housing funds will be distributed through The Office of Community Planning and Development as well as the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS.
Daines said, “This is about getting struggling families and folks who have nowhere to go the security of a roof over their heads during this Coronavirus outbreak.”
The transit funds will be allocated through the Federal Transit Administration.
Daines said, “This is about ensuring our transportation industry has the resources and relief they need to get though this Coronavirus outbreak.”
All funding was secured through the Coronavirus Economic Recovery Package that was signed into law last month.
