LINCOLN- A small northeastern Nebraska town and an area nonprofit are this year's winners of the Nebraska Affordable Housing Trust Fund award, an annual prize presented by the Nebraska Commission on Housing and Homelessness, which was established in 2018 to recognize organizations and projects that have worked to create quality affordable housing using previous Trust funding.

The 2024 winner are the Village of Clearwater and NeighborWorks Home Solutions. Clearwater was awarded $221,000 through the Trust in 2021, and worked with Stearns Construction to build a now-sold duplex. In Omaha, NeighborWorks had received a $338,800 grant in 2020 that allowed them to build two new homes in North Omaha.

"Communities throughout Nebraska are coming up with creative solutions to develop affordable housing," said K.C. Belitz, director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, "DED is grateful to support man projects that are putting quality housing within reach of Nebraska's families." The Trust is administered by the DED and is one of the state's key resources for affordable housing development.

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