Federal program Project Rebuild would bring nearly $500 million to Arizona

Almost hidden near the bottom of the American Jobs Act, the Obama administration has proposed a plan to help the area’s hardest hit by foreclosures and the loss of construction jobs.
Known as Project Rebuild, the program accounts for a small portion of the $450 billion jobs bill, about $15 billion. The money would go towards putting local construction workers back to work and revitalizing vacant and foreclosure homes. This isn’t a vital need for every state, but it is in Arizona where nearly 250,000 construction workers have lost their jobs since the housing crash.
U.S. Secretary of Housing and …

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