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St. Paul HRA to add Westside Flats descendants to inheritance bonuses; names DPA and rehab guideline changes
Summary
The St. Paul HRA reviewed updates to down payment assistance and homeowner rehab guidelines that add Westside Flats descendants to inheritance-fund bonuses, increase minimum rehab award sizes, align loan forgiveness with CDBG rules, and plan to reopen DPA applications in early 2025 pending guideline adoption Dec. 11.
The St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority on Dec. 4 heard staff proposals to add Westside Flats descendants to inheritance-fund bonus layers for both down payment assistance and homeowner rehabilitation and to clarify several program rules before bringing the guidelines back for adoption next week.
City staff said the Rondo inheritance-fund structure will be expanded to include descendants of households displaced from the Westside Flats area and to add West Side Planning District 3 as eligible for a $10,000 community-wealth bonus. “We were able to get through the entire down payment assistance wait list of 776 households,” said Dean Porter Nelson, homeownership and rehab supervisor, who led the presentation. Staff said the program…
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