Cherokee Tribune – BoC agrees to back senior living complex

Cherokee County has more than $500,000 in funding for the Senior Home Repair Program that has yet to be used, because the county has recently had trouble finding seniors who qualify for the services, Cooper said.

“The issues that we’re discovering are that many of the homes are being transferred to their children and therefore they don’t qualify, (or) there is very little equity in the home, or that the repairs to the home far exceed the $40,000 available for each home,” Cooper said.

Commissioner Harry Johnston said that if the unspent funding, which the county receives in grants, isn’t spent it will be lost.

Commission Chairman Buzz Ahrens added that because of sequestration, Cherokee County will not be receiving any funding for the program in 2014.

via Cherokee Tribune – BoC agrees to back senior living complex.