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Council OKs $400,000 CDBG reallocation to city 'clean sweep' home repairs after questions about selection
Summary
The council approved moving $400,000 of CDBG available loan funds to support the city administration's clean sweep initiative targeting a cluster of addresses on Franklin/Center/House streets; alderpersons questioned how the neighborhood and specific addresses were chosen and whether grants to landlord-owned properties are allowable.
The Racine Common Council voted Oct. 7 to reallocate $400,000 of available CDBG loan funds into an account to support the mayor’s clean sweep home-repair initiative, a program administration and council members described as intended to repair porches, roofs, windows and other exterior elements on a defined block of addresses.
The council approved the item after discussion about how the addresses were selected and whether the grant funds would be used for homeowner-occupied units or for landlord-owned properties. Mayor Corey Mason and Director Williams said the listed addresses are predominantly applications that city staff or volunteers had identified during the second clean…
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