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Council restores homebuyer counseling funds, advances first-time homebuyer tranches and sets HIF reserve for loan repayments
Summary
Council members amended a committee recommendation to retain $509,000 for homebuyer counseling and approved language to designate $2.3 million within the Housing Initiative Fund (HIF) as a reserve to pursue state leverage and loan-repayment strategies.
Council members voted to reverse a committee recommendation and retain $509,000 for housing counseling services tied to first-time homebuyer assistance, and separately approved a reserve designation within the Housing Initiative Fund intended to preserve $2.3 million for potential leveraging with state resources.
The decision on counseling: At committee, members had debated whether to reallocate counseling-contract funding. During the work session, Councilmember Friedson moved to keep the $509,000 in the homebuyer assistance program. The amendment passed with an 8-to-3 vote to change the committee recommendation.
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