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United Way and Mooresville Housing Authority report CDBG-funded home repairs and pipe relining pilot
Summary
United Way and the Mooresville Housing Authority told the board that CDBG funds supported 21 owner-occupied home repairs and a pilot for cured-in-place sewer pipe relining at housing authority properties, with average United Way repair costs of about $13,000 per home and MHA lining 16 units in 2025.
United Way presenters Sarah Helmick and Linda Wahlberg reported to the board on 2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) home-repair work funded in partnership with the town. Helmick said the program focused on owner-occupied single-family homes with repairs generally under a $20,000 per-home cap and prioritized long-term residents, elderly households and households on fixed incomes. She reported the program served 21 households (11 African American, 6 white, 4 Hispanic) and that the average cost per home was about $13,000; some projects required change orders and United Way covered overages for critical work.
Wahlberg described individual cases in detail: one homeowner inherited a property with failing floors and a nonworking stove and water heater; United Way funds allowed joist replacement and a new water heater so the household could install a washer and dryer. Another elderly couple had an unsafe exterior and an improvised entry; the program replaced the roof and installed an ADA-style ramp.
Paula Scruggs of the Mooresville Housing Authority discussed CDBG funding that helped pilot cured-in-place pipe relining across MHA properties. MHA oversees four properties with a total of 136 units (106 units were part of a Rental Assistance Demonstration conversion). Scruggs said a recent capital needs and RAD work program required about $823,000 in immediate repairs; water and sewer lines were not fully captured in the capital-needs assessment and had produced frequent stoppages.
MHA contracted Thomas Plumbing (Raeford, N.C.) to perform pipe relining; the housing authority used town CDBG funds to reline 16 units in 2025 and expects to reline an additional 14 units in 2026. Scruggs said a full relining for all 136 units would cost roughly $1.7 million at current prices; the work required temporary relocations (typically one to two days) and reduced repeated emergency plumbing calls. She said the relining approach avoids repeated concrete excavation under units and offers cost savings over full replacement.
