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Council shifts ARPA interest funds toward aggressive blight litigation, receivership and indigency support
Summary
Council committees moved to reallocate ARPA interest revenue to seed an expanded blight litigation program, fund receiverships for stalled commercial properties and establish an indigency fund to help owners who cannot afford court‑ordered repairs, with Chief Legal Officer Tenera Gibson outlining staffing and outside counsel plans.
Councilwoman Logan sponsored a motion to direct ARPA interest revenue to a citywide blight initiative that would fund outside counsel, an internal blight litigation manager and an indigency assistance mechanism for homeowners who cannot afford repairs mandated by enforcement actions.
Chief Legal Officer Tenera Gibson described a more aggressive litigation model and new staffing. "As we expand this model...we signed on to, where we have a lawyer assigned to the blight litigation in each district," Gibson…
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