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Applications are being accepted for three scholarships to be awarded this spring by the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Official

They include the NAHRO Merit Scholarship, the Massachusetts NAHRO Past Presidents Memorial Scholarship and the New England Regional Council of NAHRO’s Allan R. Andrews Scholarship Fund

Due to COVID-19(Coronavirus), the deadline for all three scholarships has been moved to May 8.

Eligible are graduating high school seniors who live in housing administered by a NAHRO member agency, including the Springfield Housing Authority. Applicants must be going to an institution of higher learning.

The NAHRO Merit College Scholarship Program awards $1,000 each to eight scholars, one from each NAHRO region, who are pursuing their first post-secondary degree.

Each NAHRO region submits an applicant of their choice from their own scholarship program. If no regional scholarship program is in place, the region will select one eligible applicant to complete the NAHRO Merit College Scholarship application. The regions’ scholarship applications then are judged by the NAHRO Scholarship Committee, which is comprised of Housing America Advisory Committee members.

From these eight scholarship winners, the NAHRO Scholarship Committee will choose three candidates to become a part of the NAHRO-LDG Scholars program, which is a 10-year venture that will provide $1 million in scholarships and internship opportunities to low-income students from around the country and is funded by the award-winning multi-family housing developer, LDG Development.

Of the eight regional winners, three candidates will be chosen by the NAHRO Scholarship Committee to be a part of the NAHRO-LDG Scholars program. NAHRO-LDG Scholars will receive:

• A $12,000 scholarship distributed over four years to assist with tuition and fees;
• $3,000 a year for up to three years, as a summer internship stipend;
• Networking opportunities with business and community leaders.

Scholarship funds for both NAHRO Merit College Scholarship winners and NAHRO-LDG Scholars are sent directly to the scholarship winner’s accredited institution of higher education once proof of registration is received.