Massachusetts residents eligible for tornado assistance

Funding is available to eligible homeowners in the Pioneer Valley whose residence suffered damage during the 2011 tornado.

The Tornado Response Home Rehabilitation Program, administered by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, offers financial support to eligible homeowners to help supplement costs related to repair work to their properties.

Homeowners in tornado-struck Agawam, Brimfield, Monson, Southbridge, Springfield, Sturbridge, Westfield, West Springfield and Wilbraham are eligible for the assistance.

The program highlights repair work such as demolition of detached outbuildings, historic rehabilitation, removal of trees, water damage, mitigation of mold and water damage and standard building repair, such as on roofs, windows, siding, etc.

Funding from this program can also be used to alleviate expenses from rebuilding homes that were destroyed during the tornado or for the purchase and installation of a mobile or modular home to replace a destroyed home.

According to the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, the program has income restrictions and assistance limitations that may determine eligibility for funding. Assistance will be prioritized by need.

Applications should be completed by 5 p.m. on July 25. For a fact sheet and application, contact Paul Bracciotti at the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, 60 Congress St., Springfield, MA 01104. For more information, contract the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission at 413-781-6045 or Bracciotti at pbracciotti@pvpc.org.

Wilbraham Selectmen Chairman Robert Boilard said the Tornado Response Home Rehabilitation Program offers funding to homeowners who need the financial assistance for rebuilding and clean-up of their properties after the tornado.

In Wilbraham, applications and fact sheets for the program are available at the Wilbraham Senior Center, Wilbraham Public Library and at the Wilbraham Town Office Building on Springfield Street.

Source: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/07/wilbraham_residents_eligible_f.html

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