Moira gets $500K for housing rehabilitation
MOIRA — A town in western Franklin County was the recipient of $500,000 in federal funding announced by the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal to assist with rehabilitation work on single-family homes.
Moira Town Supervisor Darrin Jock confirmed Tuesday that the town had received the funds from the state and would work to assist several families in the community with the help of the grant funding.
“We will be doing our best to help nine homeowners,” Jock said.
Moira was the only town in Franklin County to receive funding through this initiative.
The federal housing and infrastructure grants, announced Nov. 15, are for low- and moderate-income residents, according to a news release from Homes and Community Renewal.
Moira’s $500,000 is part of a larger $33 million in Community Development Block Grants the state received, according to an announcement from Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul earlier this month.
This funding was divided into 54 separate awards for municipalities across the state, financing upgrades to housing and public water facilities for primarily low- and moderate-income residents, according to the release.
In total, $4.6 million was awarded to county and municipal initiatives in the North Country.
Essex County received $450,000 to provide housing rehabilitation assistance to approximately six homes across the county, while the town of Chesterfield was the recipient of $250,000 to go toward five homeowners in the town.
The towns of Lewis and Jay in Essex County also received $383,000 and $298,000 respectively.
In Jefferson County, the town of Henderson received $1.25 million for improvements to its sewer district. In St. Lawrence County, the town of Hermon received the same total to go toward work for the water district.
The sole recipient in Clinton County was the town of Schuyler Falls, where $250,000 was awarded to five homeowners.
Through a separate initiative — the New York Main Street program — Foothills Art Society in Malone was awarded $20,000 to assist with an adaptive reuse analysis for a structure at 45 Pearl St. in Malone.
The Main Street program provides funding and technical assistance to nonprofits and municipalities to strengthen the economic vitality of the state’s Main Street areas.
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