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Ulster County approves housing action fund contracts for housing projects, backs state housing reserve bill
Summary
The Legislature approved two contract packages funded from the Housing Action Fund — a $500,000 award to RUPCO and partners for energy-efficiency work and a $300,000 award for ADA and accessible units at a senior housing project — and passed a resolution endorsing a state housing reserve funds bill.
The Ulster County Legislature voted to approve several housing contracts funded from the county's Housing Action Fund and passed a resolution supporting statewide legislation to establish housing reserve funds.
The Legislature approved a $500,000 contract with RUPCO, Inc. and Quality Housing Development Fund Company Inc., and a $300,000 contract with the Affordable Housing Conservancy and Harmony Hall Housing Development Fund Corporation. A staff member from the executive team said these awards are among the first contracts drawn from the assigned fund balance for the Housing Action Fund. The $500,000 award will fund energy-efficiency improvements in one project; the $300,000 award will fund ADA compliance and accessible units in a senior housing project.
Separately, the Legislature passed a resolution registering support for pending state legislation to establish housing reserve funds; the transcript identified the measure as being carried in the Senate and Assembly by local lawmakers (Sen. Hinchi and Assembly Member Shustto were named in the discussion) but said bill numbers had not yet been assigned.
Legislators voted on the contracts and the supportive resolution by voice; formal roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
