Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation awarded $32,703 grant

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation was awarded a $32,703 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for homeownership counseling services.

“YNDC is grateful for HUD’s support of its HUD-Approved Housing Counseling program and assisting members of our community to identify and overcome barriers to obtaining and sustaining quality affordable housing through one-on-one sessions with HUD-certified housing counselors,” Tiffany Sokol, housing director for YNDC, said in a news release.

Sokol said the program “increases housing stability, educational achievement, civic participation, health outcomes and property maintenance for residents and contributes to broader neighborhood stabilization efforts in our community.”

HUD Housing Counseling Services provides funds to HUD-approved housing counseling agencies to support tenants and homeowners with property maintenance, financial management and literacy, the release states.