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Buncombe County reports progress on ARPA, CDBG home‑repair programs; CDBG award to pivot to storm recovery
Summary
County staff reported on ARPA FRF and CDBG Neighborhood Revitalization home‑repair grants, including amounts awarded, subrecipients' outputs, an Asheville Area Habitat contract exit, and coordination with the N.C. Department of Commerce on Helene (DR) recovery funding.
Buncombe County staff updated commissioners and the affordable‑housing subcommittee on the status of two home‑repair grant programs and how some funding may be repurposed to support post‑storm recovery.
Nancy Williams, a county staff member, said the county’s ARPA Federal Relief Fund (FRF) allocation for home repairs totaled $400,000, with Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity awarded $280,000 and Mountain Housing Opportunities awarded $120,000. "Habitat was awarded 280,000, and Mountain Housing was awarded a hundred and 20 thousand," Williams said. She told the subcommittee the ARPA FRF program runs from November 2022 through June 2025 and did not require a county match.
Williams said the ARPA FRF work targeted low‑ and moderate‑income homeowners (under 80% area median income) and tracked monthly with oversight from the county strategic‑partnerships office. Habitat completed 22 home repairs and expended its award; Mountain Housing had an original goal of four homes but was completing eight, with the final unit expected by the end of the fiscal year.
Williams also reviewed a separate Community Development Block…
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