{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-announces-more-700000-support-affordable-housing-efforts-maine-amid-covid", "Senator Collins Announces More Than $700,000 to Support Affordable Housing Efforts in Maine Amid COVID-19", "2020-11-02", "2020", "2020-11", "Republican", "Senate", "ME", "Susan Collins", "C001035", "www.collins.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Chairman of the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a total of $729,161to the Portland and Brunswick publichousing agenciesto support affordable housing and bolster COVID-19 prevention and response efforts.Thisfunding was awarded througha provision of the CARES Act that Senator Collins authoredthat directed $48.5 billion to support housing and transportation programs.\n\nAs we continue to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, additional resources are vital to help bolster Maine's housing programs that serve our seniors, individuals with disabilities, and low-income families,said Senator Collins. As the Chairman of the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, I worked hard to secure these vital resources for Maine's communities, and I will continue to ensure they receive assistance during this difficult time.\n\nThe funding will be allocated as follows:\n\n \nThe Portland Housing Authority will receive 628,272.\n \n\n \nThe Brunswick Housing Authority will receive $100,889.\n \n\nAs the Chairman of the Housing Appropriations Subcommittee, Senator Collins helped to securea total of$46.5million in HUD's CARES Act funding to help communitiesthroughout Maine respond to COVID-19 by protecting affordable housing, providing housing assistance for the homeless, and supporting community development.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-announces-more-700000-support-affordable-housing-efforts-maine-amid-covid"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4688982628285885, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}