The county also will use HOME funds for a homebuyer program in Saltsburg Borough. The county also will rehabilitate 35 units throughout the county and assist three tenants to purchase and renovate their current living structures. Thirteen units are expected to be rehabbed. The units will be brought up to applicable BOCA codes. Priority will be given to low-income homeowners.
Rehabilitation includes lead paint inspections on each unit.
Our grant will replace and repair slate, glass, stone and brick, and also will help to revitalize, rejuvenate and rebuild a community and an economy. When Gov. Ridge proposed a merger of the departments of Commerce and Community Affairs into one Department of Community and Economic Development, the Phoenixville Foundry project is an example of the success that he had in mind. We are doing all that here today. Ten new jobs are expected to be created initially from the development of the foundry building. The foundry has been dormant for nearly 20 years after closing in the 1980s.