[October 19, 2017]

Congressman Bill Flores Joins Extraco Banks, FHLB Dallas to Announce $137K to Waco Habitat

U.S. Representative Bill Flores (TX-District 17) will join representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), Extraco Banks and Waco Habitat for Humanity (Waco Habitat) for a Habitat build at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 19, 2017, at 1301 North 10^th Street in Waco, Texas. A tour of a completed Habitat home and check presentation will follow at 3:30 p.m. at a second location, 1545 Clark Avenue in Waco. The media is encouraged to attend.

Waco Habitat has received $137,000 in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant funds from Extraco Banks and FHLB Dallas. The grant funds will be used for the construction of 23 homes in Waco, Texas.

AHP grants are available annually through FHLB Dallas member institutions such as Extraco Banks to assist in the development of affordable owner-occupied and rental housing for very low- to moderate-income households located across FHLB Dallas' five-state District of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas. FHLB Dallas awarded in 2016 $7.8 million in AHP grants to 27 projects that resulted in 1,499 new or renovated housing units.

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