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File #: 0095X-2017    Version: 1
Type: Ceremonial Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/27/2017 In control: Page
On agenda: 4/3/2017 Final action: 4/5/2017
Title: To commemorate the community service of Homes on the Hill and to declare April as Financial Stability Month
Sponsors: Jaiza Page, Elizabeth Brown, Mitchell Brown, Shannon G. Hardin, Michael Stinziano, Priscilla Tyson, Zach M. Klein

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To commemorate the community service of Homes on the Hill and to declare April as Financial Stability Month

 

 

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WHEREAS, incorporated in 1993 Homes on the Hill, Community Development Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that develops affordable housing in southwestern Franklin County, Ohio; and

 

WHEREAS, Homes on the Hill has an outstanding record of providing home ownership programs and its mission is to, “strengthen neighborhoods by providing quality affordable housing, advocacy, education, and supportive services to individuals and families of primarily low to moderate incomes;” and

 

WHEREAS, Homes on the Hill offers financial stability, financial capability counseling, rental counseling and foreclosure prevention counseling to residents throughout Columbus. These beneficial programs are featured in English, Spanish and Somali; and

 

WHEREAS, nationally April is observed as Financially Literacy Month and we also declare it as Financial Stability Month; and

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:  That this Council does hereby recognize Homes on the Hill for their commitment to service in the community; now therefore,