City of Columbus - File #: 0079-2004

• File #: 0079-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/6/2004
• In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 2/2/2004
• Final action: 2/4/2004
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Columbus Housing Partnership to fund the Homebuyer Education Program; and to authorize the expenditure of $180,000 from the Community Development Block Grant Fund. ($180,000)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/4/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
2/3/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
2/2/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
2/2/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
1/26/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time
1/13/2004	1	Dev Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
1/12/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Contingent
1/12/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/12/2004	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/12/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
1/9/2004	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/9/2004	1	DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/9/2004	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Columbus Housing Partnership to support the Homebuyer Education Program. The Homebuyer Education Program will provide comprehensive counseling and education for homebuyers within the City of Columbus. The contract amount will be $180,000.

Columbus Housing Partnership targets those whose annual income is between 60% and 80% of the area's medium income, a group that is a top priority in the 2000-2003 Consolidated Action Plan for the City of Columbus. Columbus Housing Partnership will offer homebuyer education, pre-purchase counseling, post-purchase counseling, mortgage and delinquency counseling, default counseling, home equity conversion counseling, outreach initiatives, an IDA program, down payment assistance programs and resident development programming to residents throughout the City of Columbus. This program will assist about 1,100 people.

FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this program is allocated from the 2004 Community Development Block Grant Fund.



Title

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Columbus Housing Partnership to fund the Homebuyer Education Program; and to authorize the expenditure of $180,000 from the Community Development Block Grant Fund. ($180,000)



Body

WHEREAS, the Department of Development, Housing Division desires to enter into a contract with Columbus Housing Partnership to fund the Homebuyer Education Program; and

WHEREAS, these monies will be used to provide to provide comprehensive counseling and education for homebuyers in the City of Columbus; and

WHEREAS, Columbus Housing Partnership targets those whose annual income is between 60% and 80% of the area's medium income, a group that is a top priority in the 2000-2003 Consolidated Action Plan for the City of Columbus; and

WHEREAS, Columbus Housing Partnership will offer h...