Money available for junk mobile homes

One mobile home owner has taken advantage of a new incentive program to remove derelict units, and there are three pending applications, according to Jefferson County Sanitarian Megan Bullock. 

Jefferson County will pay owners of junk mobile homes $500 to assist with their removal, a plan that has been underway since April, but is set to expire on June 30 of next year. 

The program is operated on a first-come, first-serve basis and is funded by Montana Department of Environmental Quality grants. The county’s junk mobile home disposal incentive program is also funded by Payments in Lieu of Taxes monies — federal payments made to the county to help offset losses in property taxes due to nontaxable federal lands existing within its boundaries.