Senator Lea Webb Announces $4.9 Million in State Funding to Support Affordable Housing in Broome, Cortland, and Tompkins Counties

BINGHAMTON, NY -  Today, Senator Lea Webb (SD52) announced that $4.9 million in grant funding has been awarded to her district to support affordable homeownership. The grants, administered by New York State Homes and Community Renewal’s Office of Community Renewal, were awarded to local municipalities and nonprofit organizations to help low- and moderate-income families make repairs, accessibility modifications, or safety upgrades to their homes, replace manufactured homes, and provide down payment assistance for first-time buyers. 

 “I am pleased to see this grant funding benefit municipalities and nonprofits working to make homeownership a reality for working families across our district,” said Senator Lea Webb. “Safe and affordable housing is a fundamental human right. I am proud of the work we are doing in New York to tackle the housing crisis and to find and implement solutions to ensure safe and affordable housing for everyone in our community. These grants are a direct result of the work we did in the FY25 budget to address New York’s housing crisis and make our state more affordable for working families” 

Administered by New York State Homes and Community Renewal’s Office of Community Renewal, the grants are made through state and federal programs including NYS HOME, NYS Community Development Block Grant, Access to Home, Access to Home for Heroes, Access to Home for Medicaid, Mobile and Manufactured Home Replacement, and RESTORE. The $4.9 includes:

• $750,000 to the City of Cortland through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to support housing rehabilitation.
• $750,000 to the Town of Cortlandville through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to support housing rehabilitation.
• $150,000 to the First Ward Action Council, Inc., in Broome County through the Access to Home Program to support accessibility modifications.
• $693,000 to the Town of Binghamton through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to support housing rehabilitation.
• $169,000 to the Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc., in Tompkins County through the Access to Home Program to support accessibility modifications.
• $1,073.00 to the Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc., in Tompkins County through the NYS HOME program to support manufactured housing replacement.
• $695,000 to the Town of Danby in Tompkins County through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to support housing rehabilitation.
• $695,000 to the Village of Groton in Tompkins County through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to support housing rehabilitation.

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