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Committee forwards amended housing-trust IGA to council after briefing on regional trust activity
Summary
Committee members heard a history and progress report on the Beaufort-Jasper regional housing trust, discussed past fiscal-agent arrangements and fund restrictions, and moved a resolution amending the intergovernmental agreement to county council without objection.
The Finance, Administration & Economic Development Committee voted Feb. 18 to forward to full county council a resolution authorizing the county administrator to execute an amendment to the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) that governs a regional housing trust fund. Committee members moved the item to council without objection after a multi-part briefing from housing-trust representatives and county staff.
Committee Chair introduced the item as a resolution authorizing an amendment to the IGA concerning affordable and workforce housing. Claude Hicks and a Trust representative described the trust's origins, governance and recent work; county deputy attorney Dylan said the proposed amendments (detailed in Exhibit A in committee materials) focus on the IGA's term, termination procedures and the disposition of funds if the agreement ends.
"Our mission is very, very simple. We create and preserve workforce and affordable housing. That is it. That's all we do," said Claude Hicks (Beaufort-Jasper Housing Trust), summarizing the trust's purpose as it undertakes home-repair…
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