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Clayton commissioners approve HUD report as debate continues over $200,000 request for Calvary Refuge
Summary
The Clayton County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to submit its HUD CAPER after extended discussion about whether the Clayton County Housing Authority should provide $200,000 to Calvary Refuge, a nonprofit that said it has funding only through September.
The Clayton County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve a resolution authorizing the county to submit its Comprehensive Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), after extended debate over whether the county or the Clayton County Housing Authority should provide emergency funding to Calvary Refuge.
The vote came after several commissioners discussed an earlier request that the Housing Authority provide $200,000 to Calvary Refuge, a local nonprofit that told the board it had operating funds through September. Commissioner Gail Hambrick asked the board to “ask the housing authority to pay $200,000” to Calvary Refuge; she later withdrew that motion, saying, “I withdraw the motion, for, asking of housing authority to pay the $200,000.”
The discussion centered on two possible ways to get money to Calvary Refuge: (1) through HUD-allocated grant funds the county had before…
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