Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with the Affordable Housing Trust Corporation (AHTC) for Columbus and Franklin County. The funds provided by this agreement will be used to undertake the acquisition and rehabilitation components of the Home Again Initiative. The AHTC currently facilitates the production of affordable housing and the enhancement of home ownership opportunities in Columbus. This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $300,000 to the AHTC for the acquisition and rehabilitation of vacant houses to increase the supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing as well as to enhance neighborhood revitalization activities. The program will also assist in building the capacity of neighborhood-based non-profit organizations. Specifically, the proposal is to provide the funds to AHTC to selectively target acquisitions of vacant properties for redevelopment and to ensure maximum neighborhood revitalization potential. The AHTC may also receive properties from the city that are acquired via the enforcement process.
The Housing Preservation Fund represents the City's commitment to the preservation of housing units affordable to very-low, low and moderate-income individuals.
Emergency action is necessary to allow for the AHTC to immediately begin the acquisition process.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is from the Housing Preservation Fund - 2005 Capital Improvements Budget.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an agreement with the Affordable Housing Trust Corporation for Columbus and Franklin County for the implementation of a component of the City's Home Again Initiative; to authorize the expenditure of $300,000 from the 2005 Capital Improvements Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($300,000)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Development, Housing Division desires to administer a Housing Pre...
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