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Yahoo
31-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Escambia County gets over $61 million to fund projects benefiting residents
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Escambia County has received over $61 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding. Pensacola Habitat for Humanity opens NWFL Community Land Trust application According to a county news release, the $61,829,151 in ARPA funding will be used for a variety of initiatives and projects that will benefit residents. Officials said they have allocated the entire amount of funding, besides 65 cents, to different projects in the county. 'This funding is monumental for Escambia County, and we have worked hard to make sure every dollar will stay here and benefit our residents,' County Administrator Wes Moreno said. The projects being completed with the ARPA funding include: 16 stormwater projects Seven new infill houses for low-income families Public safety fleet improvements, including new fire trucks and ambulances ADA accessibility improvements on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key Parks and Recreation facility improvements Broadband connection improvements for northern Escambia County New libraries and community centers Lawsuit filed against Northwest Florida doctor, hospital staff accused of deadly wrong organ removal surgery 'I'm excited to see these projects come to fruition and continue to enhance our quality of life here in Escambia County,' said Moreno. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pensacola Habitat for Humanity opens NWFL Community Land Trust application
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The Pensacola Habitat for Humanity has opened its Northwest Florida Community Land Trust homebuyer application. 'The CLT is a shared equity model designed to make homeownership attainable for low-income households,' read an HFH release. Pensacon 2025 to feature blood drive — donors get a T-shirt and more HFH officials said this is an alternative to 'renting for qualified households by separating ownership of the land from the home.' Homeowners in the CLT will be able to own the house but not the land the house sits on and will sign a 99-year ground lease for the land, according to the HFH release. 'Our goal is to create and maintain affordable homeownership beyond a closing date,' Pensacola Habitat for Humanity's CLT program manager Alica Popper said. 'The stewardship of land through the CLT provides not just a solution today but creates permanent affordability for generations to come.' Pensacola's HFH's President and CEO Sam Young announced how the CLT would help transform affordable housing in September at a special luncheon. 'The CLT model will create new, permanent affordable housing in our community, and will have the greatest impact on the most amount of people,' Pensacola Habitat for Humanity's vice president of programs Betsy McDonald said. In order to be eligible, applicants must: Have a credit score of 640 A minimum income of $35,000 for Escambia County homes $30,000 for Santa Rosa County homes. 'It felt so meant to be': Country music artist says Northwest Florida feels like her hometown CLT homes are currently available for purchase in Milton, Gulf Breeze, Ensley and West Pensacola. Anyone interested in applying for the CLT can do so online via the Pensacola HFH's Program Application portal. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
