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Blue Earth County OKs advisory panel, backs Community Land Trust contract for 10 homes
Summary
The Blue Earth County Economic Development Authority appointed members to a local Affordable Housing Trust Fund advisory committee and authorized a service contract to support Phase 4 of the Partnership Community Land Trust, a program to add 10 homes in Mankato with $250,000 in county support and a pending state grant decision in June.
Blue Earth County’s Economic Development Authority on May 6 appointed members to an Affordable Housing Trust Fund advisory committee and authorized the executive director to enter a service contract to support Phase 4 of the Partnership Community Land Trust, a program that would add 10 homes in Mankato.
The advisory committee members the EDA recommended include Amy Leonards (Mankato Foundation), Christine Wilke (Mayo Clinic Foundation), Barb Kaus (United Way) and Cecile (YWCA). The EDA also asked the county to authorize a Phase 4 service contract for the Partnership Community Land Trust that would back construction of 10 homes with $250,000 in county funds.
“We did establish an ordinance providing the affordable trust fund and we started the trust fund using the statewide affordable housing aid,”…
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