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Board approves $500,000 HOME loan for two-unit duplex in Mountain Mesa after public opposition
Summary
The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved a staff-recommended substantial amendment allocating a $500,000 HOME loan to help construct a two-unit duplex in Mountain Mesa, with a 30-year loan and a 20-year deed restriction; the project drew local opposition over fit, rents and absentee ownership but passed on an all-ayes vote.
Kern County supervisors voted to approve a staff-recommended substantial amendment to the county's FY2024'25 annual action plan that will allocate a $500,000 HOME loan to support construction of a two-unit duplex on Assessor's Parcel 48607506 in the Mountain Mesa area.
Planning and Natural Resources Director Craig Martinez said the proposed development would include two 2-bedroom, 1-bath units of roughly 785 square feet each. In exchange for a 30-year loan, the owner would sign an agreement deed-restricting the units to low-income households for 20 years. Martinez told the board that HUD-derived maximum rent limits for the two-bedroom units were shown in staff materials as approximately $1,057 for one unit and $1,352 for the other, and he added that county fair-market context for a two-bedroom had been shown at about $1,380.
Martinez said the HOME program…
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