OFC grant targets Chenango's older mobile homes
NORWICH – A minimum of 20 dilapidated mobile and manufactured homes in Chenango County are being targeted for a replacement program offered via state and local housing agencies.
County lawmakers agreed to apply for a $400,000 community development block grant from the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation Office of Community Renewal. The funding would be used as leverage for a $500,000 Opportunities For Chenango, Inc. manufactured home repacement intitiatve.
The state grant has in the past funded home ownership and well and septic programs for OFC.
The first of two public hearings on the county’s application will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Board of Supervisors Chambers in the County Office Building in Norwich. A second required public hearing is set for 11 a.m. Monday, March 8.
OFC Housing Services Chief Executive Officer Wayne H. Viera said there were more than 140 sub-standard mobile (pre-1976) and manufactured (post 1976) homes on a list, and that the agency would be surveying them for the new energy-efficient manufactured structures. The occupants must be owners of the structure, it must be their primary residence, they must meet income eligibilty requirements, and also own the land on which the home is sited. The existing unit being replaced will be permanently decommissioned and disposed.
Viera said he was anticipating a high response for the new homes. Chenango County has “a massive amount” of homes that are not up to federal housing standards, he said.
“Most of them are in pretty bad shape. Even those put in place after 1976 are still not up to health and safety standards for occupancy.”
The executive said the replacement program aims to “change the face of Chenango County.”
The density of mobile homes in Chenango County has increased from 20.2 percent in 1990 to 22.5 percent in 2000. According to the New York State Rural Housing Coalition, it is currently the highest figure in the Empire state.
The 2000 census found in the 34.1 percent of the housing stock in Columbus consisted of mobile homes, 80.4 percent of which were occupied. In the Town of New Berlin, the density was 18.5 percent with 86 percent occupied. In the City of Norwich, mobile homes represented 2 percent, with 85.5 percent occupied.
County lawmakers agreed to apply for a $400,000 community development block grant from the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation Office of Community Renewal. The funding would be used as leverage for a $500,000 Opportunities For Chenango, Inc. manufactured home repacement intitiatve.
The state grant has in the past funded home ownership and well and septic programs for OFC.
The first of two public hearings on the county’s application will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Board of Supervisors Chambers in the County Office Building in Norwich. A second required public hearing is set for 11 a.m. Monday, March 8.
OFC Housing Services Chief Executive Officer Wayne H. Viera said there were more than 140 sub-standard mobile (pre-1976) and manufactured (post 1976) homes on a list, and that the agency would be surveying them for the new energy-efficient manufactured structures. The occupants must be owners of the structure, it must be their primary residence, they must meet income eligibilty requirements, and also own the land on which the home is sited. The existing unit being replaced will be permanently decommissioned and disposed.
Viera said he was anticipating a high response for the new homes. Chenango County has “a massive amount” of homes that are not up to federal housing standards, he said.
“Most of them are in pretty bad shape. Even those put in place after 1976 are still not up to health and safety standards for occupancy.”
The executive said the replacement program aims to “change the face of Chenango County.”
The density of mobile homes in Chenango County has increased from 20.2 percent in 1990 to 22.5 percent in 2000. According to the New York State Rural Housing Coalition, it is currently the highest figure in the Empire state.
The 2000 census found in the 34.1 percent of the housing stock in Columbus consisted of mobile homes, 80.4 percent of which were occupied. In the Town of New Berlin, the density was 18.5 percent with 86 percent occupied. In the City of Norwich, mobile homes represented 2 percent, with 85.5 percent occupied.
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