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ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE
BRAZOS VALLEY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
AS THE
COORDINATING AND IMPLEMENTING PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY
FOR THE SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE ~
PAYMENT PROGRAM - EXISTING HOUSING
WHEREAS, the City of College Station, Texas is desirous of supporting
and joining other local units of government in obtaining housing for lower-
income fami 1 ies of Texas;
WHEREAS, Section 8 of Title II of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 provides for housing assistance payments to be paid to owners
leasing rental units to eligible low. em-income families to the end that such
families are able to live in privately owned, existing, decent, safe, and
sanitary rental housing of modest nature;
WHEREAS, the proposed program requested by the Brazos Valley Development
Council for our jurisdictional area is consistent with the local Housing
Assistance Plan, including goals for meeting the housing needs of lower-
income families and responsive to the condition of the housing assistance
needs of lower-income persons and families residing in or expected to re-
side in the community (including the elderly, handicapped, d~sabled, large
families and those displaced, or to be displaced);
WHEREAS, the City of College Station, Texas supports the Brazos Valley
Development Council in implementing and administering the Section 8 Housing
Assistance Payment Program to enhance the living conditions in our juris-
dictional area; and
WHEREAS, the Brazos Valley Development Council has applied to the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development to enter into an Annual
Contributions Contract to operate an areawide Section 8 Program including
operation in our jurisdictional area;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,. TEXAS, THAT,
the City of College Station, Texas hereby requests and .authorizes the
Brazos Valley Development Council to act on behalf of the City of College
Station as the applicant and administrator of the Section 8 Housing
Assistance Payment for Existing Housing in our jurisdictional area.
THE CII~ OF COLLEG~~S~T, ION, TEXAS
--(MayOr)
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