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EC COG says region won $3.1 million HUD lead-hazard grant, seeks local match for down-payment awards
Summary
Diana Robinson of EC COG told Benton County supervisors the East Central Iowa Housing Trust Fund secured a $3.1 million HUD lead-hazard grant for the four-county region and a $2,006,000 down-payment assistance award that will be leveraged by local matches to help a small number of households, including at least five in Benton County.
Diana Robinson, housing planner at the East Central Iowa Council of Governments, told the Benton County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 7 that the East Central Iowa Housing Trust Fund has been awarded major grants to help homeowners across the four-county region.
Robinson said the trust fund received “a $3,100,000 award for the region” to pay for lead-hazard reduction work and that the trust fund dedicated $100,000 in local match to leverage the federal dollars. She also said the program won a home down-payment assistance award that, with a $20,000 local match, totaled roughly $2,006,000 and could provide up to $37,000 per household in assistance.
The funding will target rural communities…
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