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Show Multiple Listing Needed For Homes FARMINGTON - Some kind of multiple listing service ser-vice of housing available in Davis County is urgently needed, the director of Information Infor-mation and Referral says. MARILYN KELSEY says there is "a crying need" for a clearinghouse where people can obtain information on apartments and houses available. At present, individual in-dividual realtors must be contacted or the newspapers scoured in search of prospects. pros-pects. Adequate and affordable housing for young couples and large families is especially hard to find. A part-time person per-son could be employed as such a coordinator in I&R but no money is available, Mrs. Kelsey says. AND HIGH utility bills are a hardship on the elderly and those with large families and the long, hard winter just past meant some had power turned off, she says. "We had a family with five kids where their utilities were cut off. They called (us) a couple days before they were to be cut off but they had to move out of the county. They just couldn't make ends meet." She is quick to add that utility companies are cooperative. The first time a payment isn't met they generally work with the customer cus-tomer but recurrent payment failure forces them to move toward shutting power off. "We had about 40 a month (with that problem ). Heat and light bills created the most referrals." A COMMUNITY Action Program has been set up to aid elderly, large families and young couples in paying utility bills (see separate article ar-ticle in this issue). Those interested must call CAP and have their eligibility checked. Those having proof of difficulties dif-ficulties from Jan. 1-June 30, 1978 and during winter 1978-79 can receive some help. "There must be documented hardship or they must sign a voucher. Application doesn't mean automatic funding. That must be approved," says Carma Bradshaw, program director. Further information is available at 295-2394, 867-221 lor 773-7800, ext. 205 or 207. MRS. KELSEY says l&R is trying to inform all of its potential po-tential to provide help in a variety of areas. "We are going go-ing to each of the senior citizens' ci-tizens' centers and meeting people to let them know about the service. If there are any problems we fill out a referral on the spot." The Davis I&R operates with a two-person staff and generates the largest number of calls along the Wasatch Front, Mrs. Kelsey says. During January, February and March, 2,048 calls were received, up about ten percent per-cent from the previous year. The service was started in 197a tb |