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Statesville orders RFP for HOME program administration after council questions $1.3M in unspent funds
Summary
After months of review, council directed staff to issue a targeted RFP to identify an administrator for HOME-program funds following questions about roughly $719,000 shown as unspent (later described with additional funds as about $1.3 million) and concern about project starts and financial reporting.
Statesville City Council on Aug. 18 directed staff to prepare a targeted request for proposals to identify an administrator for the city's HOME-program funds after an extended presentation and sharp questioning about unspent balances and slow project starts.
The move followed a staff presentation from "Mr. Smith," who said the HOME consortium initially showed "this $719,000 number that has been unspent" and that, after adding 2025 allocations and American Rescue Plan Act funds, the total unspent funds exceeded $1.3 million. Smith told the council that none of the proposed HOME-funded projects had broken ground, obtained permits or been drawn down by the consortium and recommended giving the housing authority time to start projects and…
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