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Council rushes to accept Pro Housing grant amid federal funding freeze notice; HUD-funded programs under watch
Summary
City council approved a walk-on Pro Housing grant agreement during the Jan. 28 session after staff said a federal advisory warned of a temporary freeze on certain federal draw systems.
(Note: this article summarizes an item the council walked on and approved during the meeting; transcript indicates a national-level memo about a temporary pause to certain federal draw systems was circulating the same day.)
Detroit’s Housing and Revitalization Department asked council on Jan. 28 for immediate approval of a competitive Pro Housing grant agreement after department staff said they had received the grant agreement late the prior week and that a federal memo issued the same day warned of a possible pause to certain federal line-of-credit draw systems.
Director Julie Schneider…
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