Emmet County home owner-occupants may qualify for some of $241,707 in funding available to repair their homes in 2012.
The money, which will be distributed in 2012, is available to owner-occupants who meet income guidelines and credit approval.
The Northwest Iowa Regional Housing Trust Fund Board of Directors, in a telephone meeting Thursday, also learned money is remaining from fiscal 2010 for owner-occupants earning over 30 percent of area median income. Carol Keizer, planner with Northwest Iowa Planning & Development Commission, said the commission has received an extension to June 30 to distribute those funds or give them to a public housing project.
In other business Thursday, the board denied a $4,650 grant to Hope Haven which was looking for a $50,000 match to buy a waiver home in Rock Rapids. That will allow Hope Haven to apply to the state housing trust fund.
The board also reviewed board appointment terms, approved new loans and reviewed marketing efforts.
"We have had surprising number of inquiries on this program," Shari Zinn of NWIP&D said of advertising the program on local cable stations.
The next meeting will be Thursday, March 29.
Emmet County owner-occupants with good credit and who meet income guidelines who would like to know more about the program may contact Carol Keizer at 1-800-798-7224 Ext. 140.