GREENBRIER COUNTY, W.Va. — The final inspection for RISE West Virginia’s first stick-built home reconstruction project will be here soon.
The RISE WV program gave an update on the Appalachia Service Project (ASP) construction on that building and more on Friday.
Officials with ASP said the painting, plumbing, work by the electricians, and inspection need to be done before giving the keys to the homeowners.
Upon completion of the home in Greenbrier County, RISE WV said the total number of completed cases will be 40. RISE WV continued with numbers in its release and said the number of outstanding homeowner cases has decreased to 409 with 171 cases requiring total reconstruction, 153 cases requiring some form of rehabilitation, and 85 cases require new mobile home unit replacement.
Under the original contracts, RISE WV says there are 20 properties that are still in-construction under the original contracts.
In the release, RISE WV said a total of $11 million in federal grant funding has been spent to-date with about $8 million spent since the end of September 2018.
Last week, West Virginia was removed from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s “Slow Spender” list for flood relief and moved onto the “On Pace” list in regards to spending.