Federal Recovery Housing Program authorized by CAREER Act
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and U.S. Congressman Andy Barr
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, December 1, 2020 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) announced Kentucky received $1,116,000 for substance abuse transitional housing programs from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) recently-launched Recovery Housing Program. The HUD program was authorized by the CAREER Act, which was introduced in the Senate and House by McConnell and Barr, respectively. President Trump signed the CAREER Act into law as part of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act in October 2018.