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Notice/Advertisement Title: Vacant and Foreclosure Registry, Relocation Code Change, and Housing For All Legislative Package Update
Contact Name: Kendra Asiedu
Contact Telephone Number: 614-622-4618
Contact Email Address: Knasiedu@columbus.gov
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Housing, Homelessness, and Building Committee Hearing
Date: Tuesday - July 2, 2024
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Virtual, Hearing done via Webex
Subject: Vacant and Foreclosure Registry (1995-2024 and 1997-2024), Relocation Code Change (1987-2024), and Housing For All Legislative Package Update
Councilmembers Present: Councilmembers Shayla Favor, Melissa Green, Nancy Day-Achauer and Pro Tems Dorans
Summary of Minutes:
- Call to Order: 12:34pm
- Present: Councilmember Favor, Councilmember Green, Council President Pro Tems Dorans, Deputy Director Hannah Jones, Chief Counsel Lara Baker-Morrish, Deputy Director Anthony Celebrezze, Mark Carter, Kendra Asiedu, Sundeepti Jindal, Averi Townsend, John Tannous, Hannah Reed, Graham Bowman.
- 14 attendees via webex and 3 via Youtube
- Introduction: Councilmember Favor
- Presentation: Deputy Director Hannah Jones on Ordinance 1987-2024
- Questions From Councilmember Favor: Cost burden of the larger abatements and displacements in recent history. Deputy Director Jones answered regarding the direct housing costs and the tangential supportive housing cost can vary for each remediation and the support the vulnerable community members need.
- Questions From Councilmember Favor: The mechanics of how ordinance 1987-2024 would affect those forced to vacant. Deputy Director Jones answered the logistics of the enforcement mechanism and how the city would assist tenants.
- Questions From Councilmember Favor: How does Ordinance 1987-2024 impact the financial recourse that residents could seek. Chief Counsel Lara Baker-Morrish answered that tenants would still be able to seek any legal recourse available at their disposal. Deput...
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