County Accepts Tornado Housing Applications; Not Yet For Century

March 24, 2016

Escambia County staffers were in Century Wednesday taking applications for housing assistance. But meanwhile, it’s still wait and see for residents of the Town of Century on any housing funds that might be available.

The Escambia County Neighborhood Enterprise Division took applications for housing rehabilitation programs for citizens in the unincorporated areas, or outside the town limits, affected by the February 15 Century tornado.

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation notified Escambia County of $2,058,028 in State Housing Initiatives Partnership, or SHIP, disaster funds for the two  tornadoes that struck Escambia County in February. Funds will be appropriated to assist with owner occupied housing rehabilitation, replacement, and disaster mitigation as outlined in the county’s Local Housing Assistance Plan.

Century won’t be able to to take applicants for housing assistance until April — the funds will first be dispersed to Escambia County and an interlocal agreement between the county and the town must be amended to cover the new funding.

The Century Town Council will sign off at a future meeting on an applications process. The applications, Mayor Freddie McCall said, will likely be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Once available, funding may only be utilized for households directly impacted by one of the two storms and income restrictions will apply, see chart below.  Household members seeking repair assistance will be required to provide proof of homestead exemption, income, assets, mortgage (if present), and insurance (if present) to certify eligibility.

For more information on disaster-related owner occupant housing repair or home replacement assistance:

  • Unincorporated areas of Escambia County – County Neighborhood Enterprise Division at (850) 595-0022.
  • City of Pensacola – City Housing Office at (850) 858-0350
  • Town of Century – SHIP applications are expected to be accepted in April, for more information call (850) 256-3208

Pictured: Housing assistance applications were taken Wendesday at the Century  Town Hall. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News