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Committee advances resolution to let Kankakee City seek HUD certification for housing counseling
Summary
The Community Development Committee voted 5–0 to forward a resolution authorizing Kankakee City’s ECDA to offer HUD-certified housing counseling; staff said HUD approval would allow city-run pre-purchase, rental and homelessness counseling and enable future grant opportunities.
The Kankakee City Community Development Committee on March 2 voted unanimously to advance a resolution authorizing the Economic and Community Development Agency (ECDA) to offer HUD-certified housing counseling, a step staff said is needed for the city to use federal funding for counseling services.
Barbie Watson, an ECDA staff member presenting the item, said the department has provided counseling services in the past but has not been a HUD-certified agency. “We have submitted our application to HUD and the last thing that they need is this resolution,” Watson said, explaining that certification would allow the city to operate a broader suite of counseling…
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