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HUD audit, Riverside utility loans topics of housing authority meeting
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — A HUD audit initiated recently of Riverside Apartments management Winterwood and the Martin County Housing Authority uncovered HUD capital funding of $96,000 left over from 2022, unbeknownst to management. Winterwood representatives and housing board members briefly discussed the audit in the Oct. 11 housing board meeting. They also discussed…
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Martin County advertises hearing on tax rate, approves loans for Riverside residents
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Fiscal Court announced a public hearing on the real property tax rate, approved HUD loans for Riverside residents and advanced several development projects in a meeting Thursday. The court voted to advertise a public hearing on the real property tax rate for 1 p.m. Oct. 12…
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Hope for Riverside Apartments residents
Perhaps now more than ever, it is a truism that home is where the heart is. For the residents of Riverside Apartments, their homes have recently been entangled in a web of administrative and utility-related complexities that have threatened to destabilize their lives. The Martin County’s Fiscal Court’s initiative to offer zero-interest loans for residents…
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Martin County steps in to assist Riverside residents with utility switch
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — To alleviate utility transition challenges for Riverside Apartments residents, the Martin County Fiscal Court is set to facilitate the residents through zero-interest loans. The move is to assist residents in establishing their own utility accounts. Eric Mills, representing Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty’s office, announced the plan during a Martin…
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Martin County Housing Authority under fire, declared ‘troubled’ by HUD
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has designated the Martin County Housing Authority in Kentucky as a “troubled housing authority.” This announcement triggered an urgent response July 19 at Riverside Apartments, where county officials sought clarity on the situation. “Housing in this county is a very…
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Striving for a sustainable solution: Riverside Apartments utility crisis
In the quaint, small-town setting of Warfield, a crisis has been brewing – one that has turned the lives of Riverside Apartment residents into a maelstrom of uncertainty. The demand for low-income residents to shoulder the cost of deposits for water, sewer and electricity accounts within a short time has spurred outrage, distress and a…
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Judge gets Riverside Apartments residents temporary eviction relief
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — Residents of Riverside Apartments in Warfield have an additional month to secure deposits for water, sewer and electricity accounts. The Martin County Housing Authority Board met June 14 at Riverside and agreed to extend the deadline, responding to a request from Martin County Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty. The decision…
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Riverside residents fear mass eviction
Judge asks housing board to put action on hold BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — Despite receiving rent and utility funding through HUD, the Martin County Housing Authority is preparing to evict elderly, disabled and low-income residents from Riverside Apartments if residents cannot come up with deposit money to have electric, water and sewer…
