Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Homes on the Hill Community Development Corporation (HOTH CDC) for the implementation of Landlord Engagement Action Network (LEAN). The contract will provide $25,000 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund for the purpose of reducing blight and decreasing the incidence of absentee landlords in the Hilltop community. LEAN is a community inspired endeavor focused on encouraging landlords and investors to manage their properties responsibly. LEAN brings together landlords and concerned residents and/or neighbors to improve the quality of rental properties. LEAN invites landlords to be champions in the neighborhoods where they own properties.
This initiative will be a collaborative effort to provide an organized and professional platform to improve neighborhoods. As a result, tenants and property owners will effectively communicate concerns and propose solutions and have access to LEAN’s partners and resources; community members will be satisfied with housing and neighborhood conditions; and neighborhood blight will be reduced.
Emergency action is requested so that HOTH CDC can begin providing these vital services to the community without delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this contract are allocated from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Homes on the Hill Community Development Corporation for the implementation of the Landlord Engagement Action Network (LEAN); to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $25,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($25,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a contract with the Homes on the Hill Community Development Corporation (HOTH CDC) for the implementation of the Landlord Engagement Action Network (LEAN);...
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