Lets Think Positive; Funding To Help Foreclosure

There may perhaps numerous help coming for suchdesigned to help the financing of a foreclosed home."
people who are willing to buy a foreclosed house.The program is planned to get the foreclosed houses
Harvey County is struggling hard to accesspacked, instead of sitting blank on the marketplace.
endowment funds all the way through the SouthSimons told to the Kansan in the month of March that
Central Kansas Economic Development District which70 foreclosures were there in the year 2007, in 2008 it
is later on being acknowledged as one among the 21was 51 and through March of 2009, it is 8.
counties like possessing the most number ofThe curriculum would utilize financial support apposite
foreclosures in Kansas.by Congress all through the transitory of Housing and
"They looked at all the foreclosures in the state ofEconomic Recovery Act on the month of July 30,
Kansas," added Sandy Ring of the SCKEDD. "It's by2008. The work is being executed by U.S. Department
the number, not the percentage. I think it is a greatof Housing and Urban Development.
opportunity for Harvey County to utilize some funds."Further counties comprised in the curriculum were
Particularly up to $214,820 in the subsidizing as aJohnson, Sedgwick, Wyandotte, Douglas, Reno, Miami,
division of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.Butler, Shawnee, Lyon, Saline, Franklin, Crawford,
In what way the county puts forward to utilize theMontgomery, Cowley, Jefferson, Osage, Geary,
finances came into much more clearer focal point onLeavenworth and Cherokee.
Monday as soon as the commission was madeIn some different business, the commission has:
known about an action strategy produced by county• Approved more than $30,000 in herbicide bids for
bureaucrats.the noxious weeds department. Crop Production
Underneath the said plan low- and middle-incomeServices of Goddard was the low bidder.
home buyers will become qualified for support in• Reviewed the annual noxious weed management
buying a foreclosed house. The program will shell outplan.
up to the level of 10 percent of the total costs for any• Received an annual report from the Newton
buyer with a 50 percent of the HUD region medianPublic Library.
income or less income.• Received a report on health and wellness efforts
"We talked to some bankers to get their input on this,"by the worksite wellness initiative.
county administrator Craig Simons further added. "It's• Signed a proclamation for Fair Housing Month.