About $30.5 million in already approved funds has been locked by the Trump administration’s freeze on grants and programs related to climate change and diversity, officials said. That money is set to update heating systems, facilitate public housing development and provide job training for some of the city’s neediest residents, officials said. But the city received the first sign of relief when funds for a $9.5 million geothermal project beneath Union Square, including both Union Station and a proposed apartment complex the Housing Authority of New Haven wants to build on the former site of the demolished Church Street South apartments, were released around 3 p.m. Tuesday, a key official said.
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