The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve the use of $5.9 million in state funds to assist households impacted by natural disasters.
The State Housing Initiatives Partnership helps housing development organizations assist households affected by recent natural disasters, hurricanes, tornadoes and flooding in Lee County.
The county says the money will be used to provide the following:
- Down payments
- Owner-occupied emergency home repairs and rehabilitation
- Mortgage expenses
- Insurance deductibles
- Rental expenses
The program is funded by the state, and is locally governed by strategies in the Local Housing Assistance Plan (LHAP) – which allows Lee County to implement the Disaster Assistance Strategy in the event of a disaster declared by an Executive Order…