The N.C. Housing Finance Agency is accepting applications for funding the rehabilitation of owner-occupied homes in counties affected by the disasters of 2016. The $15 million available comes via the Essential Single-Family Rehabilitation Loan Pool for disaster recovery, and local governments may be eligible applicants.
Application forms and guidelines are available here. According to the announcement, funds will be made available to serve homeowners in forty-nine counties: Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chatham, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Lenoir, Martin, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Wake, Washington, Wayne and Wilson. The agency may include assisting single-family (1-4 units) rental units later with this funding pool.
"Successful applicants will be awarded a set-aside of $150,000 for the rehabilitation of eligible units, with the option of receiving additional funds through the loan pool on a first-come, first-served basis," the agency said. Completed applications will be received on an ongoing basis until March 31. For more information, call Mike Handley at (919) 877-5627, Chuck Dopler at (919) 981-5008, Donna Coleman at (919) 981-5006 or Dan McFarland at (919) 875-3753.