Frankford residents who may benefit from a housing rehabilitation program are being encouraged to apply for Community Development Block Grant funding through Sussex County.
Brad Whaley of the Sussex County Community Development Office, during a Dec. 7 presentation to the Frankford Town Council, said the funding, which comes to the county program through federal Housing & Urban Development funding that is allotted to the Delaware State Housing Authority.
Most of the work approved in Frankford for CDBG funding is for small home-improvement projects, such as furnace repairs, access ramps and the like.
In order to qualify for funding through CDBG, projects must serve households below 80 percent of the median income, Whaley said. Income guidelines for qualification for CDBG funding are: