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DEC tells committee proposal would make mobile-home parks automatically eligible for drinking-water loan aid
Summary
Vermont DEC staff told the House Corrections & Institutions Committee that capital-bill language would make nonprofit or resident-owned mobile-home parks (manufactured-housing communities) categorically eligible for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund benefits—reducing documentation burdens while DEC and chairs weigh legal and fiscal implications.
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation officials told the House Corrections & Institutions Committee on March 19 that proposed capital-bill language would let nonprofit or resident-owned mobile-home parks automatically qualify for the maximum Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) assistance often reserved for ‘disadvantaged municipalities.’
Patrick Monks, program manager for the DWSRF, said the change in section 8 of the capital bill is intended to simplify access for manufactured-housing communities (MHCs) that currently must document median household income and water-user rates to show they meet the statute’s disadvantaged criteria. "Instead of an MHC coming to us and demonstrating what their median household income is and demonstrating what their water user rates are, they…
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