Cleveland receives grant to help rehabilitate old homes

August 18, 2016 at 4:37 p.m. | Updated August 18, 2016 at 4:37 p.m.

by Staff Report

The home of a man identified as 67-year-old William Claybourne Taylor is shown Friday, July 29, 2016, in Reidsville, N.C. Taylor, living with his wife under an assumed name at the home, was arrested on July 28, in connection with a 1977 shooting in Florida in which a retired immigration official was killed and the attempted assassination of a Florida mayor. (AP Photo/Skip Foreman)
The home of a man identified as 67-year-old William Claybourne Taylor is shown Friday, July 29, 2016, in Reidsville, N.C. Taylor, living with his wife under an assumed name at the home, was arrested on July 28, in connection with a 1977 shooting in Florida in which a retired immigration official was killed and the attempted assassination of a Florida mayor. (AP Photo/Skip Foreman)

The City of Cleveland has received a $375,000 grant from the Tennessee Housing Development Agency in order to help rehabilitate older homes as part of the 2015-2016 HOME program.

The grant provides $40,000 for a single rehabilitation of a home, said Katie Moore, the East Tennessee liason for THDA, according to a press release.

Moore said the Southeast Tennessee Development District will administer the grant, and the district will hold public meetings in the fall for residents to get information about the grant.

The funds will be available anywhere in the city, said Mayor Tom Rowland, but the homes must be owner occupied and meet certain criteria. Residents will be able to select a contractor from an approved list.

The city previously received a $3.75 million Tennessee Valley Authority Extreme Energy makeover grant that can only be used in the Blythe-Oldfield community.

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