Newport to develop five 'income-aligned' homes for purchase

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Newport to develop five 'income-aligned' homes for purchase

Newport received a federal grant of $994,818 to be used by the housing authority to build five single-family homes as a form of “income-aligned housing.”The funds come from the Community Development Block Grant Program which is administered by Kentucky through the department for local government. The homes will be built on five vacant lots at 1036 Hamlet St., 111 and 516 W 9thSt., 429 Hodge St. and 208 W 11th St. The Newport City Commission disc…