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Emery County CRA approves $5,000 to finalize housing plan amid debate over rent‑to‑own trailers and water constraints
Summary
The Emery County Community Reinvestment Agency voted to pay $5,000 to finish a county housing plan that proposes forgivable down‑payment assistance, utility hookup payments and a potential rent‑to‑own manufactured‑home pilot. Board members debated using CRA funds for purchasing units, water hookup limits and whether the county should own housing stock.
Emery County's Community Reinvestment Agency voted Thursday to spend $5,000 to finalize a county housing plan that outlines a suite of tools to address local housing shortages, including forgivable down‑payment loans, a revolving loan fund and a $5,000 utility‑hookup allowance for manufactured housing.
The board's approval came after more than an hour of discussion about how to deploy the statutory 10% affordable‑housing set‑aside generated by recent solar development within CRA project areas. Staff presented a draft plan that, in its current form, recommends forgivable down‑payment assistance (draft figure up to $10,000) and assistance with closing costs (draft figure up to $3,000), utility hookup grants, a revolving…
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