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$7M HUD grant will help clear hurdles for new affordable housing projects in Tucson

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Justin Stabley/KJZZ
Tucson, Arizona.

Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego announced a new round of federal funding will go toward affordable housing projects in Tucson.

Tucson Mayor Regina Romero says the $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will address urgent housing challenges in the city.

The money will go toward supporting efforts to ease permitting processing and update land use policies so that more homes can be built more quickly.

An analysis from the University of Arizona found less than 40% of homes sold in the Tucson metropolitan area were affordable to families earning the local median income in 2023. It was the first time in 15 years that the city’s housing affordability average fell below the national average.

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Alisa Reznick is a senior field correspondent covering stories across southern Arizona and the borderlands for the Tucson bureau of KJZZ's Fronteras Desk.