Century Receives $155K Housing Grant, Applying For $650K More

August 8, 2012

Century has been awarded $155,000 in grant money to harden homes against hurricanes, and the town is about to start the applications process for $650,000 in grants to rehabilitate private homes in town.

The Florida Division of Emergency Management awarded Century $105,000 in Residential Construction Mitigation Program Funds.   The Community Action Program Committee will provide an addition $50,000 in grant money, bring the total dollars for hurricane retrofits to $155,000.

In the coming weeks, the town will begin the process of apply for an additional $650,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)  to rehabilitate or replace  homes that are currently occupied by persons of low or moderate income.

Work is wrapping up now in the Century on a $650,000 CDBG grant and a $100,000 hurricane retrofit grant that was awarded last year. About a dozen private homes were rehabilitated under the program. [Read more...]

Pictured: One of about dozen homes rehabilitated in Century last year using grant funds. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.

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One Response to “Century Receives $155K Housing Grant, Applying For $650K More”

  1. 429SCJ on August 10th, 2012 6:55 am

    I think it is good that the homes were upgraded as I am sure the task was beyond the means of the owners. I would rather see tax dollars spent here than some 4th world war zone or in the pockets of a so called ally with a powerful lobby.

    With a 100,000,000 Americans on public assistance and Out of control debt and spending, I do not know where the funding will come from?

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