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Plumas staff outline remaining Dixie Fire recovery funds and propose scattered-site affordable rentals
Summary
Planning staff told the commission the county has roughly $10–11 million remaining from CDBG-DR disaster recovery funds for housing and infrastructure. Staff described a proposed multifamily scattered‑sites rental model, with Plumas Rural Services as the nonprofit sponsor and an estimated 20–22 parcels to host 40–42 units at 80% AMI.
Tracy, a member of the Plumas County planning staff, told the Planning Commission the county continues to work with the State Department of Housing and Community Development and HUD on Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery (CDBG‑DR) funds from the Dixie Fire and Beckwourth Complex Fire.
Tracy said the county currently has "approximately, 10 or $11,000,000 left in in funding there," and described one potential distribution: roughly $8 million for housing, $2 million for infrastructure (road resurfacing related to wildfire impacts), and $1 million for state administration and program delivery. "We will be able to bring another housing program," Tracy said of the proposal under discussion.
Under the model presented to the commission, the county would pursue a…
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