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Beaufort council authorizes MOU with housing trust, removes explicit ban on foundation repairs
Summary
City council approved a memorandum of understanding with the Beaufort Jasper Housing Trust to administer a housing-repair assistance program and amended the MOU to remove language that had barred foundation repairs, while council and trust leaders warned foundations can be costly and state funds may not cover them.
The Beaufort City Council on March 11 approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) allowing the Beaufort Jasper Housing Trust to administer a city-funded housing-repair assistance program and voted to remove a clause that would have categorically excluded foundation and site-pad repairs from eligibility.
The council’s action authorizes the city manager to execute the MOU with the trust and approves an amendment striking the language that had listed foundation and site-pad repairs as ineligible. Councilmembers debated whether leaving the MOU’s language open would create fiscal exposure because foundation work can far exceed typical repair caps; proponents said flexibility would allow case-by-case decisions and enable other funding sources to be combined when state funds are not allowable.
The MOU establishes the trust as the program administrator and uses city funds as one of several…
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