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Residents and contractors urge Panama City to retain Neighborhood Stabilization rental program; commission schedules workshop
Summary
Dozens of residents, contractors and nonprofit partners spoke in favor of keeping the city's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) rentals and of Housing & Community Services director Sheila Ware. Commissioners heard requests to preserve the program's affordable units and to clarify program oversight; the commission directed staff to schedule a
Dozens of residents, housing contractors and local nonprofit representatives urged the Panama City Commission on Sept. 23 to continue the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) rental portfolio and to retain the Housing & Community Services director after recent scrutiny of the program.
The NSP rental program operates properties the city acquired through HUD programs after the Great Recession and uses program income to maintain and rent those homes to low-income and working families. Multiple speakers during public comment said NSP is self-sustaining, that it produces administrative revenue for the Housing and Community Services Department, and that the properties and related repairs have helped families move toward stable housing.
“NSP rentals remain a crucial resource for residents who might otherwise be priced out of our community,” said Amber Tubbs, a Housing & Community Services staff member, who described the program as generating administrative revenue and helping the…
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