WESTERN N.C. – Governor Josh Stein announced that the state is accepting applications for a new disaster recovery program to repair or rebuild small rental properties in western North Carolina that were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene. The Small Rental Rehabilitation Program is the second Renew NC recovery initiative to be offered by the North Carolina Department of Commerceβs Division of Community Revitalization.
The Small Rental Rehabilitation Program is specifically targeting owners of one to four rental units per property that were damaged by Hurricane Helene. Property owners must agree to provide affordable rent rates for a 10-year period following program construction to be considered for assistance.
Owners of rental properties located in these eligible counties can apply:
- Alexander
- Alleghany
- Ashe
- Avery
- Buncombe
- Burke
- Caldwell
- Catawba,
- Clay,
- Cleveland
- Gaston
- Haywood
- Henderson
- Jackson
- Lincoln
- Macon
- Madison
- McDowell
- Mecklenburg
- Mitchell
- Polk
- Rutherford
- Surry
- Swain
- Transylvania
- Watauga
- Wilkes
- Yadkin
- Yancey
Potential applicants seeking more information about the Renew NC Small Rental Rehabilitation Program can visitβ―www.renewnc.orgβ―or call 1-888-791-0207. Program staff can help determine if they qualify for assistance. Applications can be submitted online, over the phone with a case manager, or through the app.
The Renew NC programs are funded through a Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Of the total $1.4 billion in CDBG-DR funding that was allocated to the state for western North Carolina recovery needs, $57.4 million is allocated to the Renew NC Small Rental Rehabilitation Program.
After Hurricane Helene, North CarolinaΒ led the nation as the first affected state to launch a home rebuilding and renovation program β the fastest in more than a decade to begin post-hurricane reconstruction using HUD CDBG-DR funding.
