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Show I C I " $y;":-- INT L.4 .asv xi, v. .. : 1- U - : ' I ' I ' j f ..,.: , ' ' ' .... 5 . , ' a - - : ' ?. ... . . - .. . .. J ' i ww .,, .,w.vvv.- . ., i ........ .1.n..n-T llinirr miii u hi rmm tmm iwtiBiiniin.n r , n,, j A 16-unil family housing project -- one of three major projects being mwxWTr-, - T constructed by the Davis County Housing Authority --will be open F VrllL 1 HO U OlIlG latcr this Dlonth at 400 Wcst Ccnlcr- The Ccnlcr Court Project will be available for moderate income families using 30 percent of their income for payment. By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON -- The Davis County Housing Authority's Au-thority's several construction projects are all moving along. 3 including the 16 family rental units on Bountiful's Center Street that should see completion comple-tion late this month. BUT A LOT of what that quasi-governmental agency does is behind-the-scenes, known only to a few-often those in need of assistance, whether it's to repair a leaky roof or to just find a place to live. Hundreds of families receive re-ceive rental assistance where they pay 30 percent of their in come to rent and utilities while the rest is subsidized, allowing families making only four-fifths four-fifths of median income to find adequate housing, explains Rosemary Davis, executive housing authonty director. THE MAJORITY of those receiving assistance are earning earn-ing in the $10-512.000 neighborhood, neigh-borhood, although income levels are based on family size. In addition, a dozen to 15 homeowners receive assistance assist-ance in making some needed repairs of a "significant" nature na-ture although it's no longer possible to repair houses ready to collapse, she emphasizes, due to severe cutbacks in funding. fund-ing. The loans are repaid to where less than one percent have been delinquent she notes. THE AGENCY'S looking to a S 1 0-$ 1 5 million bond sale that would enable building apartment apart-ment units in Kaysville, Clearfield, Clear-field, Laylon and Bountiful, helping alleviate the near zero vacancy rah;. All of this is part of the agency's agen-cy's state-law-appointed aim to provide "safe, sanitary housing opportunities for moderate and low income families." THE COUNTY housing authority au-thority has been around for more than a decade, and over the years has overseen a major facelift to what is now Rosewood Rose-wood Villa apartments with adjoining family units in northeast north-east Layton, construction of an elderly housing complex in Bountiful that has a companion compan-ion facility now under construction con-struction and other apartments now known as Thornwood under way on Bountiful's south Orchard Drive. She's expecting to apply for more such construction possibilities possi-bilities that would be built under housing authority management man-agement and ow ncrship due to "market necessity" while the massive bond sale, while under housing authority auspices, au-spices, would mean private construction and ownership. SALT LAKE County conducted con-ducted a similar bond sale ab out a year ago and Salt Lake City and Ogden are also investigating inves-tigating like moves-all aimed at stimulating what Ms. Davis emphasizes is needed housing that formerly w as built without such incentives by private pri-vate industry during brighter economic times. The authority has an experienced experi-enced staff, many obtaining additional expertise through education and seminars. Ms. Davis, in addition, is currently serving as regional senior vice president of the National Assoc. of Housing and Redevelopment Rede-velopment officials, providing and receiving input about legislative issues and new housing ideas. |