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South Central Kansas Economic Development District and Mitchell County Receive USDA Housing Preservation Grants

Name
Jessica Bowser
City
Topeka
Release Date

 

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is investing $3.7 million to help rural families repair and rehabilitate their homes. The funds are being awarded through the Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program in 46 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to support the renovation of 1,147 units.

 

“Many low-income families in rural areas struggle to afford necessary housing upkeep,” Vilsack said. “This USDA program provides grants for repairs not only to ensure that properties are in compliance with health and safety codes, but also to help people lower their maintenance costs through energy efficiency and weatherization improvements. All of these efforts make sure rural folks can stay in their homes.”

 

In Kansas, two grant recipients received a total of $50,000 to make essential home repairs for low-income families living in rural Kansas homes.

 

  • Mitchell County received a $25,000 grant to rehabilitate 10 homes in Dickinson, Mitchell, Ottawa and Saline counties, excluding Salina.  The grant will be administered by the North Central Regional Planning Commission in Beloit.

 

  • South Central Kansas Economic Development District received a $25,000 grant to rehabilitate five homes in the city of Lyons.

 

USDA provides financing to such as local governments, public agencies, federally recognized Indian Tribes, non-profit organizations and faith-based and community groups.  These entities distribute the grants to individual homeowners, as well as to owners of multi-family rental properties or cooperative dwellings who rent to low- and very-low-income residents.

 

Through today’s announcement, USDA is providing grants for 106 projects in 46 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.  Funding is contingent upon the recipients meeting the terms of their grant agreement.

 

For more information about finance programs available through USDA Rural Development, please call (785) 271-2700 or visit the agency’s website at www.rd.usda.gov/ks.