Housing Affordability Trust Awards $5 Million to 19 Local Organizations

Grants will help housing-related programs amid COVID-19

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May 21, 2020, 08:31 ET

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Housing Affordability Trust (HAT) is pleased to announce the recipients for the 2020 round of HAT Grants. The HAT Board of Trustees was inspired by all of the submissions from organizations that are working to improve housing and quality of life in the Birmingham Metro. This year's grants total $4.9 million.

The 2020 recipients are:

  • Birmingham Zoo, Inc.
  • Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama
  • BLOX/GA Studio
  • Jefferson County Housing Authority
  • BuildUp  
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Birmingham, Inc.
  • Collat Jewish Family Services  
  • One Place Metro Alabama Family Justice Center
  • Common Thread  
  • The Wellhouse
  • Family Promise Of Birmingham
  • Titusville Development Corp.
  • First Light, Inc. 
  • United Way of Central Alabama
  • Girls Inc. of Central Alabama 
  • Woodlawn Foundation, Inc.
  • Grace House Ministries
  • Habitat for Humanity Greater Birmingham
  • Heart Gallery Alabama

COVID-19 has impacted several of these organizations. For example, the Birmingham Zoo saw ZooSchool funders shift their giving to coronavirus-related issues. The ZooSchool is a critical part of STEM-based programming for seventh-grade students from low- to moderate-income families. The grant will keep the program going. Family Promise of Birmingham will use the funding to provide three months of housing for four homeless families living in extended-stay hotels, due to COVID-19 shelter restrictions.

HAT awards the grants annually. Since 2017, the board has awarded nearly $15 million to housing-related projects and programs.

ABOUT HAT: Based in Birmingham, Alabama, the Housing Affordability Trust was established by the Jefferson County Housing Authority and Navigate Affordable Housing Partners. Board members are Chairman Sam Parker, Vice-Chairman Hugo Isom, Michael Davis, and Perry Shuttlesworth. For more information, visit housingaffordabilitytrust.com.

Media Contact:
Ebony Hall           
205-470-0545 
[email protected] 

SOURCE Housing Affordability Trust

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