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MARQUETTE -- The Marquette County Board of Commissioners approved a grant application during its Tuesday meeting which aims to improve housing within the county.
The board approved the application for the community development block grant through the Housing Improvement Local Livability Program.
Approval of the application would see the county receive $500,000 to be used to promote affordable housing for low- and middle-income families in the area. The grant program is administered by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.
The county says that, if approved, $210,000 of the funding will be available to preserve affordable housing units.
Another $200,000 will be used for demolition, reconstruction and resale of blighted properties to create single-family housing for eligible home buyers.
The additional $90,000 of grant funding would be used for program administration.
The administration of the grant would be done through an online program.
Randy Crouch can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 542. His email address is rcrouch@miningjournal.net.