Bolivar Gets Home Improvement Grant

Homeowners in East Bolivar will get a chance to improve their housing through a grant from the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA).
The $321,000 alloted to the city for repair of existing dwellings will be doled based on needs for those homeowners who qualify and file an application by the deadline of October 14.
Informational meetings, conducted by THDA,  are scheduled for September 8 at 6:00 p.m. and at September 13 at 5:30 p.m. at Bolivar City Hall.
The targeted area is East Bolivar, from Margin Street to Water Street.
“This is extremely important, particularly to help East Bolivar. We are taking back our town,” said Bolivar Mayor Barrett Stevens, who added the city will have a neighborhood clean up day on October 1.
Homeowners in the target area have been mailed, and in many cases, hand delivered notices of the September meetings. For those renting in the area, both the residents and the houseowners/landlords were contacted.
“I’m happy that we are going to be able to help some property owners in that area,” said Councilman Julian McTizic, who serves that area. “Hopefully, it is one more step in making a better Bolivar.”
THDA was created to promote the production of more affordable new housing units for very low, low and moderate income individuals and families in the state, to promote the preservation and rehabilitation of existing housing units for such persons, and to bring greater stability to the residential construction industry and related industries so as to assure a steady flow of production of new housing units.