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Hopkinsville council amends Legacy Hopkinsville rehab incentives, adds demolition aid and changes eligibility rules
Summary
The Hopkinsville City Council on Jan. 6 adopted changes to the Legacy Hopkinsville rental rehabilitation and housing empowerment programs that add demolition funding, raise per-property caps for homeowner repairs, eliminate a 25% assessed-value rule and preserve five-year forgivable mortgages for certain projects.
Hopkinsville — The City Council on Jan. 6 adopted changes to two related housing programs designed to preserve older housing stock in designated “Legacy Hopkinsville” neighborhoods and to encourage rehabilitation.
Holly Boggess, who presented the committee recommendations, said the rental rehabilitation amendments require applicants to file within 120 days of acquiring a property, refocus incentives on investments such as weatherization and energy-efficiency upgrades, and retain a five-year forgivable mortgage structure. She said funding for rental-rehabilitation projects is limited to $10,000 per unit under the revised rental program and that the committee recommended adding a demolition line item to provide up to $8,000…
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