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Resolution approving key terms of the Inspiring Communities Homeownership Program Manual and Inspiring Communities RFP Scoring Criteria; approving and authorizing the Housing and Redevelopment Authority to participate in the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Community Homeownership Impact Fund and to accept funding and establish a budget of $1,067,400 for redevelopment; rescinding Resolution 16-1190; approving and authorizing amendment of the Housing Trust Fund budget to include an additional $2,000,000 for the Inspiring Communities program, Citywide
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WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (the “HRA”) is a public body corporate and politic established pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes section 469.001 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the HRA has the power to engage in development or redevelopment activities under Minnesota Law; is authorized to engage in activities relating to (a) housing projects and development, (b) removal and prevention of the spread of conditions of blight or deterioration, (c) bringing substandard buildings and improvements into compliance with public standards, (d) disposition of land for private development, and (e) improving the tax base and the financial stability of the community, when these needs cannot be met through reliance solely upon private initiative and which can also be undertaken in targeted neighborhoods; and is authorized to create redevelopment projects as defined in Minnesota Statutes section 469.002, subd. 14; and
WHEREAS, on July 24, 2013, by Resolution 13-1097 the HRA Board accepted and approved the HRA Disposition Strategy Work Plan and Budget (“Plan”) to address the disposition of certain parcels of real property owned by the HRA; and
WHEREAS, on October 9, 2013, by Resolution 13-1592 the HRA Board accepted and approved key terms of the Plan’s Inspiring Communities Program (“Program”), which it later amended in part on July 13, 2016, by Resolut...
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