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File #: 2025-2025    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/10/2025 In control: Housing, Homelessness, & Building Committee
On agenda: 7/21/2025 Final action: 7/23/2025
Title: To amend various agreements within the HOPWA Program as well as loan packages within the HOME and or HOME-ARP programs, to allow for new language to be inserted into the documents from the Columbus City Attorney’s Office as well as allow for any current modifications needed to address federal regulation or policy changes or updates to the existing documents for compliance purposes; and to authorize for future modifications to be authorized without having to go back to City Council if/when federal regulations or policies change to assure the City is in compliance; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Explanation

BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to amend various agreements within the HOPWA program as well as loan packages within the HOME and HOME-ARP programs to allow for new language to be inserted into the documents from the Columbus City Attorney’s Office as well as allow for any current modifications needed to address changes in federal regulations or policies or updates to the existing documents for compliance purposes and for future modifications to be authorized without having to go back to City Council if/when federal regulations or policies change to assure the City is in compliance. The agreements and or loan packages that currently need amending are as follows:

HOPWA Program
PO495709 Equitas Health Inc.
PO495698 Equitas Health Inc.
PO494886 Faith Mission Inc.
PO494890 Licking County Coalition for Housing
PO494901 Licking County Coalition for Housing
PO494912 CAP Commission of the Lancaster Fairfield County Area Inc.
PO494915 CAP Commission of the Lancaster Fairfield County Area Inc.

HOME and or HOME-ARP
PO477934 Berwyn East
PO462083 Touchstone Field Place II

Emergency Designation: Emergency action is needed to allow for the language within the documents to be updated based on the City Attorney’s recommendation and to allow for the modification of the documents to assure the City is immediately in compliance with all policies and/or regulations regarding these programs.


Title

To amend various agreements within the HOPWA Program as well as loan packages within the HOME and or HOME-ARP programs, to allow for new language to be inserted into the documents from the Columbus City Attorney’s Office as well as allow for any current modifications needed to address federal regulation or policy changes or updates to the existing documents for compliance purposes; and to authorize for future modifications to be authorized without having to go back to City Council if/when federal regulations or policies change to ...

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