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County reopens homeowner grant applications; staff outline eligibility, budgets and outreach plans
Summary
Buncombe County Health & Human Services opened the homeowner grant applications and staff reviewed program history, demographic reporting changes and current budgets; commissioners asked for follow-up on outreach and policy details.
Philip Harden, project manager with Buncombe County Health & Human Services, told the board on July 15 that the homeowner grant application period opened that day and reviewed program history and policy details.
Staff reported historical application counts: about 1,200 approved applications in FY22, roughly 700 in subsequent years, and an increase last year when staff processed nearly 600 additional applications in the week after Tropical Storm Helene. Harden said the county received 72 applications on the first open day of this year.
Harden reviewed demographic reporting changes: race/ethnicity…
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