Properties that can be rehabilitated through the program include residential buildings with one through five units, mixed-use buildings with up to five housing units or buildings that will be converted into those types.
Repairs and improvements may include health and safety improvements, correction of code violations, accessibility modifications, environmental remediation, and other repairs determined by the local program administrator as necessary to rehabilitate vacant units.
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A Gilesgate-based shop and community facility, Hexham’s Core Music, launches a separate workshop where up to six people will be trained how to repair guitars and make ukuleles. The European Social Fund grant supported the project and has secured funds through the County Durham Communication Foundation to equip the workshop in Burn Lane.