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Speaker: Emergency home-repair program ‘rebooted,’ $32 million planned over five years
Summary
At Springfield City Hall public comment, resident Stephen Howard said the city has reset an emergency home-repair program he described as $32 million over five years and urged residents to contact the Office of Housing for help.
Stephen Howard, a Springfield resident, told the Springfield City Council during public comment that the city’s emergency home-repair program “has been rebooted.”
The program, Howard said, is “something like $32,000,000 for the next 5 years, coming out to about $6,400,000 a year,” and he encouraged residents who need help to contact the Springfield Office of Housing at 1600 East Columbus Avenue or visit Springfield-ma.gov.
Howard identified himself by name and address and opened his remarks by thanking the council for recognizing his community work at a recent Ray Jordan Senior Center event. He said he had come from a meeting about proposed housing units but did not discuss that item in detail because he arrived late. Howard used most of his comment to describe the emergency-repair funding and to share contact information for the city housing office.
Howard’s remarks were part of the meeting’s public-speak-out segment, which the chair said included three registered speakers and allows three minutes per person. There were no council actions recorded during public comment on this matter and no staff responses or directions recorded in the publicly posted comments in the transcript excerpt.
Residents seeking the program or more information should contact the Springfield Office of Housing at 1600 East Columbus Avenue, Springfield, MA, or the municipal website, Springfield-ma.gov, as Howard supplied. The transcript excerpt did not show council discussion, referral, or vote on the program during the public-comment portion.
