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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials have announced a $2 million federal grant that will pay for low-income housing for 50 families in Nevada.
The money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will assist Nevada's state Housing Division with placing extremely low income people with disabilities in permanent, affordable rental homes.
State housing, Medicaid and health and human services workers identify those who may be eligible. A person with a disability who earns less than 30 percent of the area's median income would qualify for the housing and related supportive services.
HUD officials said in a statement that many of those aided by the grant will be transitioning out of institutional settings. The program will prevent them from being unnecessarily institutionalized or becoming homeless.
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