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Saint Paul Council delays PHA exemption to 60‑day pre‑eviction notice ordinance after funding concerns
Summary
The council debated a proposed exemption for the Saint Paul Public Housing Agency (PHA) from a temporary increase in pre‑eviction notice from 30 to 60 days. PHA director Karina Serrano warned the change could raise accounts receivable and risk HUD capital funding; council members requested more fiscal data and laid the amendment over one week.
The Saint Paul City Council on March 18 debated whether to exempt the Saint Paul Public Housing Agency from a temporary ordinance extending the pre‑eviction notice period from 30 days to 60 days and voted to lay the exemption over for one week to collect more financial data.
The measure under consideration (Ordinance 26‑18) would temporarily lengthen the notice period for nonpayment of rent citywide. Council members discussed an amendment that would exempt residential units owned or managed by the PHA, which maintains more than 4,200 units citywide.
Karina Serrano, housing choice programs director for the St. Paul Public Housing Agency, told the council the PHA already uses a 30‑day pre‑eviction notice and that extending…
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