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Council reviews draft MOU with Beaufort Jasper Housing Trust for emergency home repairs
Summary
Council discussed a proposed memorandum of understanding with the Beaufort Jasper Housing Trust to administer a city-funded housing repair program aimed at owner‑occupied, income‑qualified homes with critical health and safety needs; staff will revise the draft and return a finalized MOU for adoption.
Council reviewed a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Beaufort Jasper Housing Trust to administer a housing repair program that targets owner‑occupied homes with critical health-and-safety needs.
City staff described the agenda item as focusing on two program strands: (1) repairs for occupied homes meeting critical needs and (2) a later program addressing dilapidated, vacant houses in historic areas. The council discussion at the work session covered the first strand. Claude (representing the housing trust) told council the trust’s board unanimously approved setting aside $100,000 as seed money and is forming a separate account to pay contractors.
Claude said the trust is…
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