{"id":48184,"date":"2013-07-12T08:18:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T12:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=48184"},"modified":"2013-07-12T08:18:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T12:18:19","slug":"deruyter-town-board-approves-flood-assistance-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=48184","title":{"rendered":"DeRuyter Town Board Approves Flood Assistance Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DeRuyterTownSealColorMedium_jpg_w300h337.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-48165\" alt=\"DeRuyterTownSealColorMedium_jpg_w300h337\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DeRuyterTownSealColorMedium_jpg_w300h337-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>(DeRuyter, NY \u2013 July 11, 2013) The DeRuyter Town Board Approves a Town program to aid low to moderate income victims of the July 1 flood event at the July 11 Town Board Meeting.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Through a unanimous vote, the DeRuyter Town Board approved a flood relief program for flood victims within the township who qualify as low to moderate income based on household size in accordance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development\u2019s definition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFEMA Individual Aid is extremely uncertain at this point,\u201d Town Supervisor Dan Degear explained to board members and members of the public. \u201cWe have residents who cannot wait and need help now; this aid will provide them with some relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DeRuyter Town Board is utilizing moneys paid back to the Town from a HUD grant, which provided loans to residents for housing improvements in the year 2000 totaling just under $52,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause these funds originated from HUD, we can only offer it to low and moderate income households,\u201d said Degear.<\/p>\n<p>Program details and applications may be picked up at the DeRuyter Town Offices on the first floor of the Genevieve D. Staley Civic Center, 735 Utica Street, DeRuyter during business hours at the Town\u2019s website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deruyternygov.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.deruyternygov.us<\/a>, or at the DeRuyter Free Library. Applications should be turned in as soon as possible so the Town can begin to distribute the aid. The funds will be allocated based on the number of qualifying applicants and their individual needs.<\/p>\n<p>The DeRuyter Town Board will meet again on\u00a0Tuesday, July 16.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(DeRuyter, NY \u2013 July 11, 2013) The DeRuyter Town Board Approves a Town program to aid low to moderate income victims of the July 1 flood event at the July 11 Town Board Meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}