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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 Resolution No. 032RESOLUTION NO. 32 SERIES OF 1984 A RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY LOAN AND/OR FRONT END ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION CONTRACT FOR LOW -RENT PUBLIC HOUSING. WHEREAS, it is the policy of this locality to eliminate substandard and other inadequate housing, to prevent the spread of slums and blight, and to realize Bs soon as feasible the goal of a decent home in a suitable living environment for all Df its citizens; and WHEREAS, under the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the United States of America, acting through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (herein called the "Government"), is authorized to provide financial assistance to local public housing agencies for undertaking and carrying out preliminary planning of low -rent housing projects that will assist in meeting this goal; and WHEREAS, the Act provides that there shall be local determination of need for low -rent housing to meet needs not being adequately met by private enterprise and that the Government shall not make any contract with a public housing agency for pre- liminary loans for surveys and planning in respect to any low -rent housing projects unless the governing body of the locality involved has by resolution approved the ap- plication of the public housing agency for such preliminary loan; and WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Englewood (herein called the "Local Authority") is a public housing agency and is applying to the Government for a front end ACC to cover the costs of surveys and planning in connection with the develop- ment of low -rent housing; NOW, TF;EREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Englewood as follows: 1. That there exists in the City of Englewood a need for such low -rent housing which is not being met by private enterprise; 2. That the application of the Local Authority to the Government for a front end Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) for surveys and planning in connection with low -rent housing projects of not to exceed approxi- mately twenty-five (25) dwelling units is hereby approved. ADOPTED AND APPROVED THIS 20th DAY OF August 1984. ATTEST: ugene L. Otis, Mayor r x o ici9 i y r- reasurer I, Gary R. Higbee, ex officio City Clerk -Treasurer of the City of Englewood, Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true, accurate and complete -copy of Resolution No. 32, Series of 1984. I COUNCIL C0MMUNICATION t DATE August 15, 1984 AGENDA ITEM SUBJECT Resolution Relating to Develop- / ment of Public Housing INITIATED BY Housing Authority ACTION PROPOSED Adoption of Resolution Approving Application for Front -End ACC for Low -Rent Public Housing f The Englewood Housing Authority has received a notice that HUD will accept applications -`or the development of a public housing project indicating acquisition with or without rehabilitation as a method of production of units for large families (three or more bed- iToms). Because the number of units available for this region is limited to 78, HUD has established a maximum unit limitation of 25 units and a minimum of 10 units per ap- �lication. the Authority plans to apply for funds to purchase and rehabilitate, if necessary, 25 �single-family houses, which would then be rented to low-income families for 30k of their r=thly income as is done with the duplexes. -he Cooperation Agreement executed January 17, 1979, between the Authority and the City authorizes the Authority: "(a) to secure a contract or contracts with the Government for loans and annual contributions covering one or more projects comprising approximately 150 units of low -rent housing" of which 110 units have been constructed to date. In order to have funds to option the houses during HUD's site approval process, the EHA s requesting execution of a Front End Annual Contributions Contract. Hud requires that the local governing body, in this case, City Council, adopt the attached resolution appr, ing the Authority's request for a front end ACC. The Housing Authority has a large demand for assisted three -bedroom units. The supply 01 Three -bedroom rental units is so small that HUD has switched some of the Section 8 Exist- ing Program certificates from three -bedroom to two -bedroom because program participants were unable to find three -bedroom units to rent. Two of the duplex units are three -bedrooms, and three are four -bedrooms. The Authorit�� recently closed the waiting list when it became so long that the families could not be assisted in a reasonable period of time. COUNCIL COMMUNICATION, continued August 15, 1984 Resolution Relatinq to Development of Public Housing. For this reason, the Authority has determined that there is a need for low -rent housing for large families in Englewood; and, therefore, requests that the City Council adopt the resolution approving application for a front end ACC for low -rent public housing.