File #: RES-11:183    Version: 1 Name: Residential anti-displacement plan
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/12/2011 In control: Finance & Administration Council Committee
On agenda: Final action: 11/1/2011
Title: RESOLUTION FOR A RESIDENTIAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN
Sponsors: Grants
Indexes: Policy - creation/amendment
Attachments: 1. 24cfr570.496
Title
RESOLUTION FOR A RESIDENTIAL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN
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Whereas, the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas will replace all occupied and vacant occupiable low/moderate-income dwelling units demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate income housing as a direct result of activities assisted with AEDC - Quad Graphics - funds provided under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and described in 24 CFR 570.496a(b)(1). All replacement housing will be provided within three years of the commencement of the demolition or rehabilitation relating to conversion; and

Whereas, the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas will provide relocation assistance, as described in 570.496a(b)(2), to each low/moderate-income household displaced by the demolition of housing or by the conversion of a low/moderate-income dwelling to another use as a direct result of assisted activities; and

Whereas, if any such project will involve demolition or conversion of low/moderate-income dwelling units, the following will be provided:

1. The general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted to a use other than low/moderate-income dwelling units as a direct result of the assisted activity; and
2. A time schedule for the commencement and completion of the demolition or conversion; and
3. The general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be provided as a replacement dwelling unit; and
4. The source of funding and a time schedule for the provision of replacement dwelling units; and
5. The basis for concluding that each replacement dwelling unit will remain a low/moderate-income dwelling unit for at least ten years from the date of initial occupancy.

Consistent with the goals and objectives of activities assisted under the Act, the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas will make every effort to minimize the displacement of persons from their...

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