County gets $750,000 for housing rehab projects

Posted on December 26, 2014

Thanks to several other projects elsewhere in the state falling through, the Taylor County Commission recently learned it would be receiving a $750,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to fund housing rehabilitation projects for low-income residents in the county.

According to Grants Director Melody Cox, the county submitted an application to the federally-funded program in March, but did not make the cut to receive funding.

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