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Public commenter urges Council to investigate alleged problems in city loan rehabilitation program
Summary
A community speaker urged the council to examine the city's loan rehabilitation program, saying heirs face demands to assume loans or risk foreclosure and that the city lacks accurate payment records; the comment requested council questions about account accuracy and alternative solutions for affected families.
During the general public comment period of the Feb. 4 meeting, speaker Autry Liggett urged the City Council and city attorney to investigate what Liggett described as systemic problems in the city’s loan rehabilitation program.
Liggett told the council that heirs of property linked to the program were being pressured to assume loans or to sell family homes, and that the city was threatening foreclosure in some cases. He said the city’s recordkeeping was incomplete or inaccurate and that heirs were being required to provide proof of payments going back decades, a burden Liggett called arbitrary and sometimes impossible to meet.
"There is a systemic problem that impacts nearly everyone associated with this program," Liggett said, asking council members to ask whether the city has accurate accounting information for borrower payments and whether alternate solutions by the city are possible for heirs facing repayment or assumption demands.
Council did not take immediate action on the comment during the meeting; the transcript shows the matter was presented during public comment and the speaker requested the council ask follow‑up questions and consider possible alternatives.
