Hocking Athens Perry Community Action will receive $300,000 to provide essential home repairs and handicapped accessibility modifications for low- and moderate-income homeowners in southeast Ohio, State Representative Kevin Ritter (R-Marietta) announced in a release from the Ohio House of Representatives.
The grant comes from the Ohio Department of Development through the Housing Assistance Grant Program, which uses Ohio Housing Trust Fund dollars, Ritter’s Ohio House release said. The local funding is for homeowners who are at or below 50 percent of area median income in the counties Hocking Athens Perry Community Action serves — Hocking, Athens and Perry counties, the release said.
The award is part of a larger statewide announcement: the Department of Development recently announced $6.8 million in grants for projects to help improve housing and provide down payment assistance for nearly 1,200 low- and moderate-income Ohioans, the Ohio House release said…