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City attorney tells Florence City Council HUD must approve Housing Authority disposition; attorney says current residents will not be displaced
Summary
The Florence City Council received a legal briefing on Resolution 2025-24 explaining HUD’s disposition process for public housing, limits on public-unit caps, and assurances that current residents will be provided for and not displaced under the proposal described by the Florence Housing Authority.
Florence City Council members heard a legal briefing that Resolution 2025-24 concerns the Florence Housing Authority’s planned disposition of properties and that the plan must be approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development before it can move forward.
The city attorney, Ron, told the council that “HUD, which is the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, has a process for housing authorities…when it comes to disposition of properties,” and that an “itemized, detailed plan must be submitted to HUD when any impact for existing residents is involved.” He told councilors the process is multi-step and subject to HUD review and approval.
Why this matters: disposition—selling or otherwise removing properties from public-housing inventory—is a common tool housing authorities use to replace older,…
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