Secretary Donovan, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, awarded a $14,540,363 grant to 11 grantees in Georgia. Muscogee County and Columbus received $740,907. The money will be used to re-house families who fall into homelessness and to prevent them from becoming homeless.

This program is intended to help those families that need finacnial assistance on a short term basis. For those families who have encountered problems that have caused them to live in the streets or that have caused them to live in a shelter, they may now receive rental assistance for up to 18 months.