WESTMINSTER — Southwestern Vermont Community Action Program and the Vermont Center for Independent Living each received a $25,000 Housing Preservation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist 20 Vermont families make essential improvements to their homes.
“Lower-income rural families often have difficulty just meeting their daily living expenses, and they don't have enough income for housing upkeep and maintenance,” said USDA Rural Development New Hampshire and Vermont State Director Ted Brady, in a news release.
“This USDA program provides funding to qualified organizations that help these families make essential repairs, often to remove safety and health hazards, so the families can stay there. The program can also help lower their future housing costs through energy efficiency and weatherization improvements,” he added.
USDA Rural Development's Housing Preservation Grant Program provides assistance to very-low- and low-income homeowners to repair and rehabilitate their homes. Assistance is also available to rental property owners to repair and rehabilitate their units providing they agree to make such units available to very-low- and low-income families.