ANCHORAGE, Alaska —
Low-income rural Alaska residents can now take advantage of grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help improve their homes.
USDA Rural Development officials say the Housing Preservation Grants can be used for weatherization, repairing existing structures, and installing or improving plumbing.
The grants are being provided to intermediaries including local and tribal governments, public agencies and non-profit groups. Those groups will then distribute the funds to qualified homeowners or owners of multi-family rental properties who rent to low-income families.
A separate demonstration program is funding similar repairs to the 39 existing multi-family housing projects funded by USDA Rural Development throughout Alaska.
