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Board endorses $243,432 in Affordable Housing Trust Fund recommendations
Summary
The commissioners recommended funding seven projects totaling $243,432 from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, including housing vouchers, modernization, repair programs and a reserve allocation; the board authorized executing agreements upon grant approval.
Schuylkill County’s Board of Commissioners reviewed and endorsed funding recommendations from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund totaling $243,432 during the June 17 work session.
County Administrator Gary Bender presented the board’s recommendations, which included $11,000 for project-based vouchers for a victims-of-domestic-violence housing project, $44,000 for Shenandoah family development modernization, $59,000 for housing repair assistance targeting seniors and people with disabilities, $49,000 for a bridge house program, $29,000 for a Shenandoah veterans commons project, $19,000 for a homelessness-prevention project, $24,000 for permanent supported housing for sexual-assault survivors, and an $8,432 allocation to the Act 137 reserve account. The total recommended allocation equals $243,432.
Bender asked for board authorization to execute agreements with the listed service providers upon grant approval. The transcript records the recommendations and the proposed two-year terms for several trust-board appointees; the meeting did not include final contract signatures or detailed implementation schedules.
