By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism.
$175,000 in new home down-payment and closing cost grants
new lgp hoigrantpic
TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO Shown are the lots on 31st Street in Great Bend included in Housing Opportunities Inc.s grant application which approved in January. HOI is now working with five families to build homes in the area.
In October 2015 Housing Opportunities, Inc. (HOI) partnered with the City of Great Bend to submit a grant application to Kansas Housing Resources Corporation for down payment and closing cost assistance to aid seven moderate income families to build new homes in Great Bend. The application requested $25,000 for each of the seven families for a total request of $175,000. In the grant application HOI included letters of interest from five local families and eleven supportive local businesses.