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Hamtramck tables HEART exemption and communications‑director proposal; approves pilot branding
Summary
Councilors discussed proposed HEART (poverty‑exemption) guideline changes — including raising income eligibility to 150% of federal poverty guidelines and translating forms — but tabled the resolution for further translation and review; the council also tabled creating a communications director position and approved a pilot city‑branding effort.
Hamtramck’s City Council on Jan. 13 heard staff recommendations to revise the city’s homeowner economic assistance (HEART) guidelines, including increasing income eligibility from 115% to 150% of the federal poverty guidelines and keeping an asset limit near $12,000. Staff said the program would be rebranded from a “poverty exemption” name and that translated guidelines in Arabic and Bengali would be provided once the council…
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