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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNLtSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1979, PAGE 15, W hitby gets $40OOO under OHRP Grants totalling 8642,000 under the Ontarlo'Home Renewal Program (OHRP), have been allocated to 21 municipalities, Housing minister Claude Bennett an- nounced today. OHRP provides percaplta grants, to Ontario Municipalities to administer directly as Iloins to homeowner occupants to rePafr thefr bouse to an ac- ceptable municipal minimum standard. The grants announced today represent varlous por- tions of the ýtotal 1278-79 fun- ding., designated under OHRP- for each municipality. The. prime objective «f the program la the correction of faulty *structural and sanitary conditions and the. upgrading of plumbing, heatIng, hInsulatio n d elec- trical systems of the owner occupant's home., "«OHRP la dhlrey orien- Tory'a'nnual ted to 10w and moderate i- come homneowners with a maximum animal Income of $12,500, Bennett said.. Loins of -up tla>*7,500 can ho given tp- eligie' owner occupants* to bring their homes up to the. utgndird adopt.d by' their munlclpality. A portion of the. loin canho <forgiven"t adpe--dlngjupon the. Income of the. récipient. Interest rates viry from zero te eight per cent, agi depending on income. OHRP extendu home renewal possibilities to owner occupants ln any municipaity iwontarlo, ur- ban or rural, whlch has adopted eiher a minimum housing standards by-law or a resolutio'n'settlng such standards. Special arrangements have been made te extend the. benefits of the program to the residents of unorganized municipalities i Northern Ontario. Under the program, the Town of Whitby received one of the largest grants $40.000. HichN -PIow" TRAILER HITCHES and ACCESSORIES Hwy.2 ~OSHAWA G"usBrown Motors Burns St CL vUu Fast' i t& ItS s PHONE 6618»9 FINDTHE PRO'S WHI1TBY. Fînd Us 1 Yelow vPageà eA C-r AIN RELIEF _*