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June 25, 2012

County offers grants for mobile homes

Anonymous Staff Report The Daily Star Mon Jun 25, 2012, 03:30 AM EDT

Mobile-home owners in Otsego County may be able to receive grant money to rehabilitate their homes, according to a media release from the county.

Otsego County and Otsego Rural Housing Assistance are preparing a Community Development Block Grant application for housing projects. If awarded, the CDBG grant will be used for rehabilitation of qualifying mobile and manufactured homes.

Two public information meetings about the project are scheduled for Wednesday -- one in Cooperstown and one in Unadilla. Anyone who wants to learn more about the grant program, or to propose a mobile or manufactured home rehabilitation project, is invited to attend, according to the release.

The meetings will run from 11 a.m. to noon at the Meadows Office Complex in Cooperstown and the Unadilla Town Hall on state Route 7.

Projects will be awarded to income-eligible properties. For information about eligibility, call Otsego Rural Housing Assistance for a survey/pre-application form at 286-7244 or the Otsego County Planning Department at 547-4225.

The state Office of Community Renewal, through the CDBG program, provides grants to communities for various activities. Applications for housing projects must be submitted on or before Aug. 17.