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City updates on CDBG home‑rehab, water/sewer projects and workforce housing fund; staff reports nearly $1M distributed through CDBG
Summary
Planning and Zoning staff updated the council on the Community Development Block Grant single‑family rehabilitation program, waterline/sewer work in annexed neighborhoods and the new Workforce Housing Fund, which staff said is capitalized at $5.55 million.
City Planning and Zoning staff briefed the council on three housing‑related programs: the city’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) single‑family home rehabilitation program, completed waterline and sewer work in two annexed neighborhoods, and the city’s Workforce Housing Fund.
Joanne Scoria, assistant director of Planning and Zoning, summarized the CDBG single‑family home rehabilitation program. Scoria said the city became directly eligible to contract with HUD in 2015 and since then used CDBG funds to "harden the existing housing stock for low to moderate income households" by replacing roofs, windows and doors and performing other repairs. She said the program received 47 applications,…
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