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July 23, 2009

Funding Approved for Rail and Housing


The 2010 Transportation and Housing & Urban Development appropriations bill approved today funds the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development.

The U.S House approved today a bill that will fund Native Hawaiian housing and the Honolulu Rail Transit project. The bill, officially called the 2010 Transportation and Housing & Urban Development appropriations bill, grants Hawaii $17 million. $12 million will fund housing block grants, $1 million for a Native Hawaiian Loan fund, and $4 million to the rail project. Hopefully this will further stimulate the economy and help to close the budget deficit.

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