financial assistance & resources

Below are some of the ways the URA can help.

Housing

• Home buying
  
  
• Home repairs and improvements
  
  
• Housing crisis intervention 
  
  
• Legal assistance
  
  
• Small landlord assistance
  
  
• Affordable housing construction, rehabilitation and preservation
  
  

Business

• Loans and technical assistance for starting or growing a business
  
  
• Growth and development of minority-owned and women-owned firms
  
  
• Grants for neighborhood business districts and community groups
  
  

Development

• Financing and facilitation of financing for small and large-scale commercial, residential and mixed-use development
  
  
• Facilitation of equitable redevelopment and community development 
  
  
• Valuable tools, resources and expertise to maximize the success and impact of each project
  
  

Avenues of Hope Initiative

• Grants to advance community projects and programs
  
  
• Financing for small contractors
  
  
• Commercial real estate financing for minority small businesses and developers
  
  
• Funding for commercial building and business owners to improve their building facades