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Lincoln County advances $9.75 million CDBG wildfire recovery housing plan after public hearing
Summary
County Health & Human Services presented a plan to use approximately $9.75 million in CDBG funds for affordable permanent housing for Echo Mountain Fire survivors; board gave consensus to move the application and hold community outreach.
Lincoln County Health and Human Services presented a plan July 23 to deploy roughly $9.75 million in Community Development Block Grant funds awarded for wildfire recovery to create permanent housing for survivors of the Echo Mountain Fire, and commissioners agreed to move the application forward and hold community outreach. Health and Human Services Director Jane Romero opened the hearing and said the session was the first of two required hearings and would be followed by a community public meeting targeted to wildfire survivors. Jennifer Beckner, the county grant administrator, told the board the funds were part of a statewide allocation of CDBG disaster recovery dollars designated for the eight most impacted counties after the Labor Day 2022…
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