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Show Funds Allocated fr Oss In Fixing Up Old Homes A number of older Utah County homes will get a new lease on life as the result of an allocation of funds received from the State of Utah for emergency housing for low-income low-income residents. The grant of $390,200 received receiv-ed by Utah County will be spent for the rehabilitation of single-family, owner-occupied homes. Funds were allocated to each city and town based on population. popul-ation. Pleasant Grove received an allocation of $15,097 and Lindon's allocation was $4,656. Unincorporated areas in Utah County received $35,637. An applicant who applies for this assistance would need to qualify according to the schedule set out based on number num-ber of household members. 1 member in the household can earn $3,000 or under to qualify, qual-ify, and for each additional household member, $750 can be added to the base figure of $3,000. After 5 household members, mem-bers, $500 for each additional household member is added. , For example, with 4 household house-hold members, you can earn up to $5,250 and qualify. Applications for assistance under this program may be obtained ob-tained from the city office in each of the cities and towns in Utah County, or they can get an application from the city office, and mail it to the Utah County Housing Authority at 47 South 100 East, Provo, if they live in the unincorporated areas. Qualifying projects might include in-clude major repairs (up to $5,000 per home) or minor repairs re-pairs such as a new hot water heater, plumbing repairs, ets. City and County officials are anxious to have all county residents res-idents meeting the gross income in-come schedule and living in their own home to make applications appli-cations for the funds available to make necessary home repairs. |