Treasury Spends $309m to Jump-Start Affordable Housing 

The US Treasury Department is providing $309m to fund affordable housing projects stalled by the dearth of investment capital in today’s marketplace. The money — the latest of six similar payouts from $3bn in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds — will be divided among seven states: Arizona, Connecticut, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Vermont. The money will be used to fund affordable housing projects that already received state tax credits, but haven’t been completed because equity investors could not be found.