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DeKalb officials detail preservation programs: senior repairs, NSP, ERA/ICCI, HOME-ARP and plumbing fixes

5874224 · September 29, 2025
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County staff reviewed preservation and homeowner-support programs including special purpose repair grants for seniors, NSP acquisitions and sales, ERA/ICCI rental assistance, HOME-ARP rental assistance and CAPCARE plumbing repairs funded with ARP money.

DeKalb County’s Community Development director and staff outlined a suite of preservation programs the county uses to keep people housed and to maintain aging housing stock.

Alan Mitchell, director of Community Development, described several active programs: a Special Purpose Housing Repair Program that accepts senior applications for up to $16,000 for mechanical, electrical and plumbing repairs; a senior tree-removal program to remove hazardous trees; and a CAPCARE plumbing-and-lateral repair program supported with ARP funds.

Mitchell said the county has long used federal HOME funds to gap-finance affordable…

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