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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 70-03 APPROVIN~ APPLICATION ~0~ p~[~INA~Y LOAN FO~ LOW-RENT PUBLIC HOUSINg. ~HE~EAS, tt Is the poltey of this lo~altty to ellmlnate substandard and otl~er Inadequate housing, to prevent :h~ spread of slums and 511gi~t~ and to realt=e as soon as feaslble the goal of a decent home In a suitable 1lying environment for all of Its citizens; and WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Unlted Stete~ Housing Act of Hous lng Assistance 1937, as amended, the United Statmof America, t") Adelnlstratlon (hereinafter called the "Governmen Is authortzed to provlde flnanclal assistance to local public housing agencies for und~rt~ktn~ and c~rrTlng out prellmlnary plannlng of low-rent houslng projects tha~ ~Ill assist In meeting this goal~ and ~HER[Rb, the A~t provldes that ti~ere shat1 be local determination of need for low-ran: housing to meet needs not being adequately met by private enterprise and that the Government shall not any ~ontract with a public housing agency for prell~Inar? ~oans for surveys and planning In respect to any low-rent projects unless the governing body of the locality tnvolved has by resolution approved the application of ~he publtc housing agency ~or s~ch preliminary losn~ and ~HEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter tailed ~Local Autt~orltyn) Is a publlc housing agency and Is applylng to the government for a prell~lnary loan :o cover the costs of surveys and plannlng In eonnectton ~t~h the development of Ion-rent housing. NO~, THEREFORE, aE IT R[SOLV~ by the City Council of :he City of Cotumbla Heights as follo~s: I. There exists In the City of Columbia Hetght~ a need for s'u~h low-rent housing at rents within the mean~ of lo~-tncome fa~l 1 les ~ 2. The apptlcatlon of the Local Authority to [he Government for a prellmlnary loan tn an amount not to exceed $1,500.00 for surveys and planning In conne~tlon ~lth low-rent housing projects of to exceed approxl~ately 60 d~e!llng units ls hereby approved. Passed thls 26th day of January, I Offered by: Seconded byt Ro11 Call: Logacz Helntz All Ayes retar-~-tO the counctl : ........ ~ruce G. Nawroc~T, Mayor