Area benefit activities are those that serve a low moderate income geographic area of the County. These projects are usually public facilities and improvements such as drainage improvements, lights, or sewers. As a result, the applicants for the use of these funds are public agencies such as the Henrico Department of Public Works or Department of Public Utilities. This may include a clientele generally assumed to be principally low and moderate income persons, such as the elderly, battered spouses, abused children , severely disabled, the homeless and others, those with income eligibility requirements that would limit the activity exclusively to the low and moderate income persons, and be activity that by it its nature and location may be concluded that the clients will be primarily low and moderate income persons. Housing activities include residential repairs, rehabilitation, homeownership assistance and others.
Eligibility is on an individual household income basis.