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State outlines Renew NC single-family housing program: Buncombe applicants among 141 assessed, most need full reconstruction
Summary
State officials briefed Buncombe County commissioners on the RenewNC CDBG-DR single-family housing program, reporting more than 1,300 statewide applications, 141 in Buncombe County, and that most assessed Buncombe sites appear to need full reconstruction.
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Stephanie McGar, deputy secretary with the state Division of Community Revitalization, briefed Buncombe County commissioners on RenewNC, the state's program to administer HUD Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding for recovery from Tropical Storm Helene. McGar outlined program structure, eligibility, outreach, and current application counts for the single-family housing program.
McGar said the state division administers $1.4 billion in HUD CDBG-DR funds for community development block grant disaster recovery; the program includes housing, infrastructure and economic-revitalization components. The state contracted with an implementation vendor, Horn, to manage intake, case management and builder coordination, and separately contracted with builders so that builders are not captive to a single vendor.
Eligibility and process: McGar summarized HUD program constraints. Applicants must have owned the home at the time of the storm…
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