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Show Housing Projects Are On Schedule FARMINGTON - Two multi-million dollar housing projects under construction for the Davis County Housing Authority in Bountiful are on their way to an early completion. comple-tion. JANE WILSON, assistant director for the authority, says contractors are hoping for a September finish on the multi-unit multi-unit family and elderly housing although their contracts don't call for completion until later. The twin-house type multi- bedroom family units are being built at 2160 S. Orchard Drive and 410 W. Center while the senior citizen housing is being built adjacent to the existing Meadows in south Bountiful. IN A recent housing authority author-ity meeting, the board was notified that one rehabilitation housing loan is delinquent and no communication has been made with them on a $4,000 total, she said, although some word has been received on three other, smiliar accounts. Rehab funds, as they're called, cal-led, are used to renovate homes with faulty electrical wiring to leaking roofs, for example, ex-ample, with funds required to be returned when a house is sold or the owner dies, for example. SHE INDICATED the authority au-thority anticipates receiving about $85,000 - slightly more than had previously been thought from communty block grants as awarded by the county after state scrutiny. In addition, $30,000 in solar energy ener-gy grant funds have been be-en received and in some cases can be combined with rehab funds to assist in certain houses with energy-related problems. Like many other groups, the housing authority didn't receive re-ceive the go-ahead for a possible possi-ble share of $1.5 million in additional rehab money that had been sought from the Legislature. Leg-islature. It wouldn've been divided di-vided between various parts of the state. "AT THIS point, it won't hurt-we hadn't planned for it," Mrs. Wilson said optimistically, optimis-tically, adding that approval was received for a word processor pro-cessor that will assist the office in Farmington. tb |