City of Red Cloud receives $1 million grant from Rural Workforce Housing Land Development program
City of Red Cloud receives $1 million grant from Rural Workforce Housing Land Development program
by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development
The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded $10,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to twelve rural Nebraska communities. The Rural Workforce Housing Land Development Program was created under LB 1014 to respond to the negative economic impacts of the coronavirus public health emergency. Awarded projects will revitalize communities that were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic by increasing long-term housing stability.
DED opened applications for the program on November 15, 2022. DED received 27 applications totaling over $19 million in funding requests.
The funds awarded through the Rural Workforce Housing Land Development Program will aid communities in their economic recovery from the negative impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency through projects resulting in the preparation of land for workforce housing pursuant to the Nebraska Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act in conjunction with the Rural Workforce Housing Fund (RWHF) program.
For more information on the Rural Workforce Housing Land Development Program email: ded.rwhflanddevelopment@nebraska.gov or visit the program webpage at https://opportunity.nebraska.gov/programs/recovery/rural-workforce-housing-land-development-program/.
Rural Workforce Housing Land Development Program Awardees
City of North Platte – $1,000,000
City of Central City – $1,000,000
City of Hastings – $750,000
City of Alma – $1,000,000
City of Red Cloud – $1,000,000
City of Saint Paul – $1,000,000
Village of Pender – $1,000,000
City of Beatrice – $1,000,000
Village of Bertrand – $491,260
Village of Palmer – $535,970
City of McCook – $1,000,000
Village of Arnold – $222,770
Funds awarded by the Rural Workforce Housing Land Development Program may be used by eligible municipalities to support long-term housing security, to improve vacant and abandoned properties, including rehabilitation, renovation or maintenance necessary to secure vacant land or building removal and remediation of environmental contaminants, demolition or deconstruction, greening/vacant lot cleanup for conversion to affordable housing, for those households determined by DED to be disproportionately impacted.
