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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: Wednesday - July 10, 2024
Time: 5pm
Location: Columbus City Council Chambers
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, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla; Emmanuel Remy
Summary of Minutes:
Call to Order: 5pm
Present: Listed Council Members, Deputy Director Hannah Jones, Chief Counsel Lara Baker-Morrish, Deputy Director Anthony Celebrezze, Mark Carter, Kendra Asiedu, Sundeepti Jindal, John Tannous, Ariel Garrett; Jessica Clinger: Niyah Walters: Director Scott Messer; Graham Bowman; Carlie Boos; Steve Skovensky; Melissa Benson
9 in audience unnamed; 10 attendees 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: What if a resident is behind on rent, how would this ordinance impact a required vacate. Deputy Director Jones answered that it would not have, due to 1987-2024 focusing on the nuisance issues caused by the owner's responsibiliti...
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