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State expands senior home‑modification program, cites cost savings from preventing nursing‑home placements
Summary
Department on Aging staff described a statewide home‑stabilization program previously run with HUD funding; the agency reported modifying 30 homes at a cost of $604,000 and said those repairs likely prevented higher downstream costs.
Director Munn, director of the South Carolina Department on Aging, told the oversight committee the agency has taken a HUD demonstration (minor modification) program in‑house so it can serve all 46 counties and broaden eligibility.
The department said the HUD grant (a three‑year award that began in October 2021) funded a pilot of low‑cost home modifications intended to reduce falls and other hazards for older adults. Director Munn told the committee the department completed modifications on 30 homes at a total cost…
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