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City to amend RFPs for upper‑floor housing and strategic properties grants to include A/E fees; funding from Maryland Community Legacy
Summary
City staff recommended amending two DHCD Community Legacy grant program guidelines to allow architectural and engineering fees as eligible costs, enabling larger upper‑floor and strategic‑property rehabilitation proposals to compete for roughly $300,000 in remaining program funds.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — City staff asked the Mayor and City Council on May 20 to approve amendments to two grant program guidelines so architectural and engineering (A/E) fees can be eligible costs for developers applying to Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Community Legacy dollars.
Staff said the city has roughly $100,000 remaining in the upper‑floor market‑rate housing program fund and $200,000 in a strategic…
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