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Council authorizes $2 million subrecipient agreement for downtown housing development
Summary
Council authorized a $2,000,000 amendment and subrecipient agreement with the Louisiana Housing Corporation, using ERAP and CDBG funds, to support downtown workforce housing development; motion carried after brief public comment urging deeper affordability.
The council authorized the mayor-president to amend an award and execute a subrecipient agreement with the Louisiana Housing Corporation to support workforce housing development downtown with $2,000,000 in ERAP Housing and CDBG funds.
Councilwoman Carolyn Coleman presented the item and a public speaker noted a shortage of "deeply affordable housing," calling for housing affordable to people on modest fixed incomes. The measure was moved by Councilwoman Coleman, seconded by Councilwoman Mook, and recorded as carried.
The agenda materials identify the funding sources as ERAP Housing and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds but do not list parcel-level project details or unit counts in the council transcript excerpt. The council did not record a roll-call vote in the provided transcript; the item was recorded as carried.
Next steps: the mayor-president's office and the Louisiana Housing Corporation will finalize subrecipient agreement details and move forward with project implementation per CDBG/ERAP rules.
