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BY RAHN ADAMS
At least eight local families will be
a little warmer next winter thanks to
a weatherization program soon to be
I administered by Brunswick County
Public Housing.
Director Perita Price said last
week that the program should begin
in June, after funding is received
from the N.C. Department of Commerce's
Energy Division and after
her staff is trained to handle applications.
"I think it's going to be a plus for
the county," Ms. Price said. .V.Any
time this county can assist lowincome
families to improve their
standard of living, then I'm an advocate
of it, and I think this is
definitely going to help."
The weatherization program is
jf nothing new to Brunswick County.
Until last year, it was administered
K by Sencland Community Action, a
four-county anti-poverty agency
which closed in February 1987.
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According to Ms. Price, Brunswick ?
County last year was allocated <
$15,000 in the statewide weatherization
program. However, Brunswick 1
County Commissioners did not 1
authorize Public Housing to ad- |
minister the program until April 18.
And as a result of that lapse in the i
program, the county's allocation
dropped to $12,000 due to "non-use" 1
of the initially allotted funds, she J
said. J
Increased funding would be 1
available in subsequent years after
dhe local program's "track record"
is evaluated by the state. "We'll continue
to be on some type of funding
cycle," she noted.
Ms. Price explained that the purpose
of the program is to weatherize
sub-standard homes by caulking, doing
minor repairs and installing
weather-stripping, storm windows
and doors. Up to $1,400 can be spent
on each home to make it "air-tight"
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foreground), Jackie Hardy, Myrtle S
itevenson, Cyndi Crunspier, Jennifer
lorne, Cindy Fenton, and on the porch
he troop's assistant leader.
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iceording to strict program stanlards.
"It'll save on heating and cooling,
jut we're mainly concerned about
teating, so that families don't have to
tay high heating costs," she said.
'The benefits will be seen in the
winter months."
More than eight homes can be
iveatherized if the $1,400 limit isn't
spent on each dwelling, Ms. Price
said. The work itself will be done by a
contractor.
She added that homes requiring
major rehabilitation could be considered
for up to $7,800 in repairs
through a separate energy conservation
program that will soon be offered
by the state. Guidelines on that
program should be received "any
lay now," she said last week.
In the meantime, Public Housing
liust notify the energy Division that
he weatherization program has been
authorized by commissioners. Then a
)rogram design must be completed
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and the staff must be trained before
applications are taken.
She said her staff will probably use
at least three sources to identify substandard
housing: the 1980 Census
figures and other statistical information;
"windshield" surveys of the
county to look at sub-standard housing
firsthand; and the application
process itself, to see where the most
applications originate.
In 1982, Public Housing identified
approximately 1,000 homes in I
Brunswick County that were substandard
in some respect, she said.
According to Ms. Price, tentative
plans are for applications to be accepted
in June, with weatherization
work to begin late that month and be
completed within three months.
She speculated that at least one
home in each of the county's five
districts will be approved. "I think
we'd probably try to spread it around
as much as we could," she said.
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