{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-celebrates-completed-renovation-of-st-croix-apartments-in-calais", "Senator Collins Celebrates Completed Renovation of St. Croix Apartments in Calais", "2026-08-29", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "ME", "Susan M. Collins", "C001035", "www.collins.senate.gov", "collins", "https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Click HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos.\n\nCALAIS, ME \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of the rehabilitation and renovation of the St. Croix Apartments in Calais. The project restored 26 units of affordable housing for low-income seniors.\n\nIn 2021, Senator Collins helped secure nearly $3.2 million for this project through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development\u2019s (HUD) Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program. Then, in 2024, she secured an additional $1.2 million in Congressionally Directed Spending to further support the renovations.\n\n\u201cAffordable housing is critical to helping Maine seniors live comfortably and securely in their own communities,\u201d said Senator Collins. \u201cI am delighted to celebrate the completion of this project, and I was proud to help secure the federal funding that made it possible. The renovated St. Croix Apartments will provide seniors with safe and affordable homes close to the family, friends, and community they love.\u201d\n\nThe St. Croix Apartments lost HUD funding in 2016 due to the previous owner\u2019s failure to properly maintain the property, forcing the residents to find new homes. Senator Collins worked to ensure that those residents received relocation and continued rental assistance. Sunrise Opportunities later purchased the property and developed a plan to return it to affordable housing.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-30T10:18:21Z", "2026-08-30T10:19:31Z"]], "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-celebrates-completed-renovation-of-st-croix-apartments-in-calais"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9868382476270199, "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"}