The Office of Community Development at the City of Denison, TX administers a grant from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The majority of the funds are spent to bring owner occupied substandard housing up to Housing Quality Standards. We inspect the home for code violations and prepare a work write-up for contractors to prepare a bid for the project. After a public bid opening, the bids are checked for accuracy and the Director of Community Development awards the contracts. There are approximately 50 homes receiving Minor/Emergency Rehabilitation such as replacement of roof, re-wire the home to codes, and re-plumb the house, level/support the structure and provide heat to the home. All of these projects are done to applicable codes. Funds are also spent to remove unoccupied, unsafe dilapidated structures in the low/moderate income areas of the city...More