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Wright family urges council to revisit rehab decision after seven years on waitlist
Summary
A daughter reading for Alfreda and Percival Wright asked council to swap the family's lot into a new subdivision after their SHIP-funded rehabilitation was denied; city staff said SHIP rules and previous council choices constrained options but offered to meet to explore alternatives.
A family that spent seven years on a City of Cocoa housing rehabilitation waitlist asked the council on the public-comment docket to revisit their case and consider swapping the family's lot into a newly built subdivision so the elderly homeowners can obtain an affordable home.
Araya (speaking for Alfreda and Percival Wright) read a request that the council support "swapping the lot on which their family home currently sits with one of the newly constructed homes in Michael C. Blake's subdivision," describing the Wrights as elderly,…
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