April Norton - This is Our Town - Wednesday, February 17 by Carl Pelletier published on 2021-02-18T22:58:17Z Listen in as April Norton, Director of the Jackson/Teton County Affordable Housing Department, speaks with Del Ray on this week's edition of "This is Our Town" on KJAX (93.5 FM). April unveils the new Preservation Program to assist with community housing in our valley. The Preservation Program was approved by the Jackson Town Council and Teton County Board of County Commissioners January 11, 2021. This program will use $1,000,000* from the 2019 Specific Purpose Excise Tax ("SPET") Community Housing Priorities fund to purchase Workforce Ownership deed restrictions on existing homes in Teton County, Wyoming. This will be done in one of two ways during the pilot phase of the program: 1. The Housing Authority will pay a household to record a permanent deed restriction on their property, or 2. A household may apply for down payment assistance to buy a property in return for recording a deed restriction on the property once the sale closes. The pilot phase for the Preservation Program will last until funding runs out, at which point staff will report to the County Commissioners and Town Council who may vote to provide additional funding for the program. Learn more about this program and other happenings taking place at the Housing Department. Each Wednesday morning at 8:30am a representative from the Town of Jackson joins Del Ray on the air to talk about the things that make this community tick!
