Background:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to transfer, appropriation and expenditure of up to $500,000.00 from the Affordable Housing Taxable Bond Fund 7779 and to enter into a grant agreement with Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families Realty Collaborative (HNHF), which is a nonprofit arm of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, to continue the home rehabilitation program in the Linden community. HNHF will continue to administer an exterior home rehabilitation program on behalf of the Department of Neighborhoods in alignment with the One Linden community plan.
Community Planning Area is Linden - 45
This program will assist homeowners and residents living in rental housing by providing exterior rehabilitation services that will help to boost neighborhood pride, community reinvestment and responsible homeownership. Qualification criteria for phase two of the program will be the same as for phase one. The program will continue to focus on residents at or below 65% AMI. To date 90 owner occupied homes received much needed exterior repairs and 3 rental properties were updated.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this agreement is budgeted within the 2022 Capital Improvement Budget within the Affordable Housing Taxable Bond Fund.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow for the immediate execution of this contract in order to advance community plan implementation and begin construction.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a non-profit grant agreement with Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families (HNHF) Realty Collaborative; to authorize the transfer of appropriation and cash between departments within the Affordable Housing Taxable Bond Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $500,000.00.00 from the Affordable Housing Taxable Bond Fund ; and to declare an emergency. ($500,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the City is supportive of the Linden Community and wishes to expand programs and...
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