Franklin County hopeful its CDBG grant request will be funded

            A Community Development Block Grant that Franklin County has applied for to rehabilitate or replace substandard homes in the unincorporated areas of the county has been tentatively funded.          

Franklin County is seeking a 700 thousand dollar Community Development Block Grant to help lower income families either repair or replace their homes and bring them up to current building standards.

The program would even help rehabilitate some mobile homes.

People who take part in the program would not be required to pay the loan back as long as they continue to live in and maintain the home for a certain number of years.

That could be 5 years for a 25 thousand dollar loan and 10 years for loans over 40 thousand dollars.

Last week the board agreed to seek qualifications from groups to administer the grant so that if it is funded the county will be ready to move forward.

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