US Treasury’s Adeyemo Urges States, Local Governments to Use COVID Aid for Housing

US Treasury’s Adeyemo Urges States, Local Governments to Use COVID Aid for Housing
U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo speaks during a joint news conference with EU Commissioner McGuinness (not pictured) in Brussels on March 29, 2022. Johanna Geron/Pool/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Monday called on state, local and tribal governments to use more of their shares of a $350 billion COVID-19 relief fund to address a severe shortage of affordable housing.

Adeyemo was pressing his case during a visit to Los Angeles to highlight California officials’ plans to use $7.4 billion of the state’s $27 billion allotment from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to address housing needs.