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Rebuilding Together Hudson Valley urges Poughkeepsie outreach as local applicants decline
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Darcy McCourt of Rebuilding Together Hudson Valley told the Common Council that free home-repair applications from Poughkeepsie residents have fallen sharply and urged council members to help spread word about eligibility and the June–Sept. application window.
Darcy McCourt, executive director of Rebuilding Together Hudson Valley, told the Poughkeepsie Common Council on June 3 that her nonprofit’s program provides free health-and-safety home repairs to income-qualified homeowners and that local uptake has fallen sharply.
McCourt said the organization has done work in the region for 33 years and has placed more than $8.3 million in capital repairs into owner-occupied homes. She said applicants must be on the deed, have household income at or below 80% of area median income (about $67,000 for a single person), occupy the property as a primary residence, be…
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