Hard Hit New Hampshire Cities to Get Federal Housing Aid

Some of the state's cities that have been hit hardest by the down economy actually got some good news recently.

They're going to be sharing about 18 million dollars.

The money is coming from the US Department of Housing and Urban Develepment as part of an economic recovery program passed last summer.

The program was designed to help neighborhoods hit particularly hard by foreclosures and the recession.

Alice Veenstra is with the Community Development Finance Authority.

She tells NHPR's Mark Bevis the cities got the funds based on several criteria.