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TEHAMA - Things are looking up - literally - in this little city too low to the Sacramento River. Work has begin to raise the first of many homes now below the 100-year-flood level, to 2 feet above that level. "The city of Tehama will be the first city west of the Missouri River to attempt full-scale house elevations on a citywide basis," said Tehama Mayor Ron Warner. "I'm pretty excited about that." In Tehama, 122 homes qualify for a special grant that will put them above harm's way during the frequent flooding that plagues the city of 430 people. There's about $3.5 million available to raise the houses. Warner says it costs $30,000 to $70,000 to raise a home. Funding comes from the Army Corps of Engineers and the state Reclamation Board, and The project has been in the works since 1994. Of the funding, $3 million that pays for 89.5 percent of the cost of raising homes, with the residents pitching in the remaining 10.5 percent. The other $500,000 is a Community Development Block Grant just been received, to help low-income residents pay their 10.5 percent share. Tehama Bank has offered a 3 percent rate for loans. Not only will the project have long-term positive effects in flood prevention, home insurance rates will also be drastically cut and the homes' property value will increase. "All around it's good for the homeowners," said Warner. The project will also be a boom for local construction and subcontractors. It's not the only housing money Tehama has secured. Last year former State Sen. K. Maurice Johannessen announced that Tehama had been awarded a half-million dollar grant for housing rehabilitation within the community. City officials are applying the grant to rehabilitations of approximately 49 target-income-group households. "We made a list of low- and very low-income residents and submitted their names. We began the work and quickly ran out of money before we ran out of homes," explained Warner. Because the money can also be used for school improvements, a portion of the funding will also be used to make renovations on the former Tehama School, now the home of Head Start. Renovations to homes include everything from new roofing and foundation
work, to insulation and windows. Chico Enterprise Record - Copyright Policy
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