from Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders, April 2, 2009
Public Information Contacts: Linda Van Zandt / Joanne Vuoso / Lisa Krueger
908.231.7020 publicinfo@co.somerset.nj.us
Low- or moderate-income residents who need to make home renovations may be able to get assistance from the Somerset County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Rehabilitation Program.
Residents from any of Somerset County’s 21 municipalities may apply, but applicants are being sought particularly in Bedminster, Bernards, Bernardsville, Bound Brook, Branchburg, Far Hills, Peapack-Gladstone and Rocky Hill.
“The CDBG Housing Rehabilitation program provides assistance to eligible homeowners who need to renovate or replace substandard heating, electrical or plumbing systems,” said Freeholder Patricia Walsh, human services division liaison.
“Program funds also can be used to make structural repairs, alterations to correct code violations, improvements designed to reduce operating expenses and other repair work necessary for upgrading existing homes to standard condition,” she said.
Block grant funds are used to provide as much as $18,000 of rehabilitation assistance to homeowners who meet household income criteria. Funding for the program is provided by a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
For more information, prospective applicants should call Tracey Rizk at the Somerset County Community Development at 908-541-5756.
Housing Rehabilitation Program Brochure
[editor's note: while they are clearly looking to help in the boldfaced towns, they DO state that residents in ALL municipalities may apply and frankly, when you look at census data for the towns they are highlighting the odds don't support all that many people falling into the eligibility guidelines for the program in most of those municipalities. So certainly, if you qualify--APPLY!]
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Frank N. D'Amore Sr // April 3, 2009 at 2:24 pm |
The income level is your gross income not adjusted after taxes. If you should have a friend or relative living with you and they have an income, that income must be added to yours.
It is the gross household income that needs to be reported if you apply for this program.
I called the Somerset County Community Development Office at 909-541-5756 and was given the above information.