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ORHA To Celebrate 40th Year with Free Picnic

MILFORD—Otsego Rural Housing Assistance Inc., a non-profit that provides and preserves affordable housing in Otsego County, will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a picnic in Oneonta’s Neahwa Park on Friday, October 18. Community members, ORHA partners, and ORHA clients are all invited to drop in any time between 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. to meet ORHA’s staff, learn about the organization, and enjoy a free meal, organizers said.

ORHA administers a variety of grant programs to help Otsego County residents afford the costs of housing. Currently, these include repair and rehabilitation programs for lower-income homeowners and rental assistance through the Section 8 program. Past programs have also included home-buying assistance grants and other forms of rental assistance, such as emergency COVID-19 rent relief funded by an Otsego County Community Development Block Grant award.

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