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Committee moves to convert $200,000 Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry loan to grant to support transitional housing
Summary
The Cuyahoga County Community Development and Housing Committee voted to advance a resolution converting a $200,000 loan to a grant for Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry's transitional housing program, citing an administrative error and the nonprofit’s existing work rehabbing small multi-unit homes near St. Clair–Superior.
The Cuyahoga County Community Development and Housing Committee voted to send Resolution 20250077 to the full council for a second reading after staff recommended converting a $200,000 affordable housing loan for Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry into a grant.
Sarah Parks Jackson, director at the Department of Housing and Community Development, told the committee the conversion corrects an administrative error and aligns the award with two earlier grants the county provided to Lutheran for transitional housing. "It was my fault. It should have been a grant," Jackson said, explaining staff discovered the loan label while preparing paperwork.
Jackson…
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