PEORIA, Ill. – Seventeenth District Congressman Eric Sorensen says Peoria stands in line to get $1 million in the next federal budget for affordable housing and to fix broken sidewalks in the East Bluff.
Problem is, that money hasn’t been approved yet.
“The next step in this process to get the funding back here so we can get the shovels in the ground, is to get these bills passed in Congress,” Sorensen said.
Sorensen toured affordable housing projects in both South Peoria and the East Bluff neighborhoods Thursday.
Some of it has been done through federal and private funds by Habitat for Humanity – work that officials there say helps build up wealth for the next generation.
“It’s all about the grandkids. It’s something they can look forward to. It’s been great to make a payment for them. It’s for them. It’s worth it,” said Aaron Walton, who lives in a Habitat home with his wife and grandkids, to 25 News.
Sorensen also toured the former Methodist College building downtown, where the plans are to build housing to help some of the city’s homeless population.
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