Henderson County is inviting people with abandoned mobile homes on their property to apply for a grant to receive $1000 from the public coffers to demolish them. Poor families, i.e., those with incomes under $32,700 (!), can apply to have the county pay for the entire cost of destruction. Saith the Hendersonville Untimely News:
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In 2008, House Bill 1134 was enacted to protect public health and the environment by encouraging counties to develop plans that provide for the deconstruction of abandoned manufactured homes and the removal of reusable or recyclable components, by providing for the abatement of abandoned manufactured homes that are determined to be a nuisance, and to designate that a portion of the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund be used to fund the deconstruction and removal of the abandoned manufactured homes.
