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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-31-91-4.17 - Resolution - 10/31/1991RESOLUTION NO. 10-31-91-4.17 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO MAKE APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE RENTAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the City Council has expressed an interest in rehabilitating older property; and WHEREAS, The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs has developed a Rental Rehabilitation Program which provides financial assistance to income property owners for the rehabilitation of substandard rental property; and WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs requires that rehabilitation work assisted through this program be done on properties in eligible neighborhoods meeting specified criteria, and that owners of properties so assisted rent units predominantly to low income tenants for a period of not less than ten (10) years following such rehabilitation; and WHEREAS, the neighborhoods in College Station wherein according to most recent Census data such assistance may be , provided, as well as the activity to be assisted, are both complementary to the City's ongoing Community Development ,,: program; and WHEREAS, owners of property within eligible neighborhoods in '~ College Station have shown in the recent past an interest in .-I participating in this program. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of College Station that the Mayor is authorized to make application in the Texas Rental Rehabilitation Program; said request being in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000). PASSED AND APPROVED this 31st day of October, 1991. Mayo?- ~a~r