The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency will award the City of Goldsboro $150,000 to fund disaster relief efforts during a ceremony on June 5.
Representative John Bell will assist with the presentation of ceremonial check to the City of Goldsboro during a 7 p.m. city council meeting at 214 N. Center Street. These funds will be used to repair owner-occupied homes in the Goldsboro area that were affected by natural disaster.
“We are pleased to award these funds to our partners to help with disaster recovery efforts in communities that were hard hit last year,” said Scott Farmer, executive director of the NC Housing Finance Agency. “With strong partners like the City of Goldsboro, we can help many North Carolinians whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Matthew and Tropical Storms Julia and Hermine.”
In December, the General Assembly appropriated $20 million to the Housing Trust Fund as part of the Disaster Recovery Act of 2016. Organizations that receive an initial allocation of $150,000 are then eligible to apply for more funding once the original funds are exhausted.
Administered by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, these Housing Trust Fund dollars were allocated to local organizations to help repair homes damaged by natural disasters statewide. Assistance is available for households with incomes below 100% of their area’s median income and whose homes are owner-occupied.
Eligible homeowners in the area who have experienced damage from Hurricane Matthew can find a local organization providing home repair assistance at http://www.nchfa.com/current-homeowners/repairing-your-home.
The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, a self-supporting public agency, has financed 255,000 homes and apartments since its creation in 1973.
