Mayor Wanda Williams is calling on the city to spend $42 million in federal funds on affordable housing and renovation, parks and recreation and public safety.
Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams outlined her proposal for spending $42 million in federal COVID relief funds Tuesday. JOSHUA VAUGHN | PennliveNew affordable housing and more than $1 million in cash bonuses for police and firefighters are part of Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams’ plan for how the city should use more than $42 million it received from the federal government as part of the American Rescue Plan.
“Every family has the right to a safe home with a roof over their head, a place to keep them warm at night where they can make memories as their kids grow up,” she said. Williams’s plan allocates $1.5 million to reduce blight by demolishing 42 dilapidated or abandoned homes.found that renovating vacant lots helped make people in the community feel safer and led to significantly reduced shootings in those neighborhoods.
“Police officers here don’t want $25,000 because they want the majority of that money to go to the citizens of Harrisburg,” Police Commissioner Thomas Carter said.
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