{"id":4394,"date":"2013-06-28T09:25:54","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T13:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4394"},"modified":"2013-06-28T09:29:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T13:29:21","slug":"valdosta-home-repair-grant-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/valdosta-home-repair-grant-assistance.html","title":{"rendered":"Valdosta home repair grant assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nIs your home unsafe?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9159553198\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"DRA Map\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5549\/9159553198_dc8718a0d8_m.jpg\" alt=\"DRA Map\"><\/a><br \/>\nIf you live in certain parts of Valdosta, you may be able to get a grant<br \/>\nto help fix that.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPR from the City of Valdosta, 27 June 2013,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Index.aspx?page=270&#038;recordid=2416&#038;returnURL=%2findex.aspx\"><br \/>\nCity Helps Valdosta Home Owners Apply for Grant Funding for Home Repairs<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nFrom July 1 to August 15, 2013, the City of Valdosta Neighborhood<br \/>\nDevelopment Division will be accepting applications for owner-occupied<br \/>\nhome rehabilitation grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta.<br \/>\nValdosta home owners who qualify as low to moderately-low income<br \/>\nresidents (according to HUD FY 2013 Income Limits) may be eligible to<br \/>\nuse this grant funding to make much-needed home repairs.<\/p>\n<p>\nGrants are limited to home repairs which cost under $10,000, and each<br \/>\napplicant must meet the following criteria:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>         Home must be located in the city\u2019s Designated Revitalization Area (DRA).\n<li>         Applicant must be the legal owner of record of the home.\n<li>         Applicant must provide proof of income and residency.\n<li>         Property taxes and insurance must be current.\n<li>         Repairs must improve and\/or remedy unsafe living conditions<br \/>\n   (e.g. roof repairs, electrical\/plumbing updates, repairs to<br \/>\n   floors\/structural members, etc.).\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nRehabilitation grants will be awarded to homeowners who can fulfill the<br \/>\naffordability period necessary for residency in the home.  The<br \/>\naffordability period for this program is five years.  Those homeowners<br \/>\nwho are awarded a grant and do not fulfill the affordability period<br \/>\nwill be required to repay a portion or the entire grant awarded.<\/p>\n<p>\nFor more information, contact the Neighborhood Development Department<br \/>\nat (229) 671-3617, or<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.valdostacity.com\/Modules\/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=3387\"><br \/>\nclick here<\/a><br \/>\nto view the city\u2019s DRA map.<\/p>\n<p>\n   -end-<br \/>\n<br \/>\n   Sementha Mathews<br \/>\n<br \/>\n   Public Information Officer<br \/>\n<br \/>\n   City of Valdosta<br \/>\n<br \/>\n   P.O. Box 1125<br \/>\n<br \/>\n   Valdosta, GA 31603<br \/>\n<br \/>\n   (229) 259-3548\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nI wonder if the city is ever going to fix their website<br \/>\nto put &#8220;.pdf&#8221; on the end of their PDF files?<br \/>\nOr to put web-viewable images of maps up?<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a LAKE-converted image copy of the DRA map:\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9159553198\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"DRA Map\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5549\/9159553198_dc8718a0d8_z.jpg\" alt=\"DRA Map\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n -jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your home unsafe? If you live in certain parts of Valdosta, you may be able to get a grant to help fix that. 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