$1.5 million

The projects are located in all six wards of New Bedford

The City of New Bedford is receiving $1.5 million from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mayor Jon Mitchell says the funding will be going to programs that help the homeless in New Bedford. "It's an ongoing challenge and a very complex one but I'm just very pleased with the hard work that all of our partners contribute in combatIng what is a very difficult problem,"