Applications Accepted for Housing Repair Program

Yancey County is in the process of applying for a $400,000 grant to implement a Scattered Site Housing Rehabilitation Program. Every three years each county in North Carolina, with the exception of Wake and Cumberland, is eligible to receive Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from the North Carolina Division of Community Assistance to develop a Scattered Site Housing Program. The program provides funding for housing repairs to low-income homeowners. Homes selected for the program must be brought up to current building codes, and could possibly be eligible for replacement with a new mobile home.

Homeowners must meet the following criteria in order to be eligible for the CDBG Scattered Site Housing Program:

  • The Property must be located in Yancey County,
  • The Property cannot be located in the floodplain.
  • The applicant must own and occupy the property full time (a legally prepared and recorded "Life Estate" or life time rights to the property spelled out in an existing deed may also be accepted)
  • Total gross income (before taxes) for everyone in the household over the age of 18 must be below 50% of the median income for Yancey County (please see the chart below).

Number in Household Annual Household Income Limit Monthly Household Income Limit
1
$17,350
$1,445.83
2
$19,800
$1,650.00
3
$22,300
$1,858.33
4
$24,750
$2,062.50
5
$26,750
$2,229.16

Applications for assistance will be accepted through January 31, 2012. Applications will be available at the Yancey County Managers Office, the Department of Social Services, the Yancey County Cooperative Extension Office, the Yancey Tax Office, the Yancey County Health Department, and the Yancey County Senior Center. You may also find applications online at www.yanceycountync.gov and www.regiond.org, or you may call Michelle Ball at High Country Council of Governments at (828) 265-5434 to request an application.
 


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