{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-kauai-honolulu-to-receive-4-million-to-help-house-more-hawaii-families", "Schatz: Kauai, Honolulu To Receive $4 Million To Help House More Hawai\u2018i Families", "2021-08-31", "2021", "2021-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", "schatz", "https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing, announced that Hawai\u2018i will receive $4 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. The grants will fund housing vouchers for families on Kauai and Oahu.\n\n\u201cThis funding will help more Hawai\u2018i families find a safe and reliable place to live,\u201d said Senator Schatz. \u201cEveryone should be able to afford a home, and I\u2019ll keep fighting to expand affordable housing in Hawai\u2018i.\u201d\n\nThe HCV program helps very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the private market. Approximately 13,000 households rely on Section 8 housing in Hawai\u2018i. This funding is being distributed to housing agencies leasing a lower-than average percentage of their authorized vouchers due to funding constraints, allowing for more vouchers to be leased. The $4 million in funding includes:\n\n$2 million for the City and County of Honolulu\n\n$2 million for the Kauai County Housing Agency\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:11:17Z"]], "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.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-kauai-honolulu-to-receive-4-million-to-help-house-more-hawaii-families"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9206049144268036, "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"}