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Show salt lake free not for sale volume one april 6, 1972 city and conjunction with HUD. He said that the LPA would send local inspectors into the designated areas, determine the extent of work that would need to be completed and that the t would then have to take the means to bring his home up to standatd. Some lesidents and officials at the meeting said they were concerned about the mandatory improvements aspect Jones, HUD, presents Code forcement program to task force. En- Housing Task Force Studies Code Enforcement Program by Kirk Terry Denver representatives of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) explained to the Housing Task Force in a special session, March 28, the various aspects of the Code Enforcement Program. John Beale, HUD, said that a weak point of the program is that it lasts only 12 months. He said the project, designed to bring housing up to standard, would need to be applied for by Salt Lake City by April 1 5 and would be approved in June. He said that the project will run for a year and probably exhaust the $500,000 from HUD and the matching $220,000 provided by Salt Lake in November. The program is designed to to provide ofmoneyfound housing to be below standard. The city would do all the inspecting in the target areas concentrating on plumbing, roofs, heating and electrical problems. Billy Jones, HUD, said that the program is called the 117 Concentrated Code Enforcement Program. He said the project offers grants up to $3,500 to owner occupants of 1 - 4 units whose family income is less than $3,000 annually. The city would owner-resident- s not have to match funds as far as the grants are concerned. In addition to grants, the project offers 3 percent 20 year city shared loans to those owners who qualify for the grants but where the rehabilitation cost is more than $3,500. Jones said that HUD approves the loans and that if the family still can't maintain the 3 percent loans, refinancing could be arranged for the family. He said refinancing is an extreme case and seldom a problem for owners. Rough estimates indicated on a "hand out" distributed in the meeting, showed that Salt Lake would have to provide about $1 00,000 for the loans and about $120,000 to obtain the half million dollars offered through the program. The city, if it accepts the project, will have to designate areas of the community in which the housing is substandard and that a 5 percent dislocation in the designated areas is the maximum of area residents that would be allowed to be dislocated because of the project, due to demolition or reconstruction of houses. Jones said that the city would appoint a Local Public Authority (LPA) that would administer the program in the e to the jurisdiction of Salt Lake as long as the specifications set up by HUD were met. He went on to say that no major new construction of housing would be allowed. The owners could, however, use the funds to purchase carpet, beautify their yards, but not puichase "private items." He said the exception to private item purchasing would be a refrigerator or range. The money for these additional home improvements may come from a 40 percent or approximately $800 addition to the approved grant. If the resident is forced to relocate because the building is demolished, as neccessity would dictate, the owner would be eligible ror a $1 5,000 grant, a 235 house, or any of the other benefits of other government programs. Jones stressed the point that only 5 of the residents in a target area could be dislocated by the action of the project. Model Cities would be one of the sources of matching enforcement funds should the city decide to accept and apply for this project. If Model 1 r: r 4 ,r v V r 1 ii 4 Cities funds were used, it would severly restrict the areas of choice for housing improvements, said Dean Barney of City Planning. The areas would then have to be in the model the ptoject were concerned and concei ned with the increased rent determine priorities that mightbeimposedif a building is improved. They were told that the areas under consideration weie pnmarily owner occupied. of this enforcement program with other piojects. He said that the Coordinating Council should meet and discuss the project because the Council and the Joint Board would also have to look at priorities. Residents and task foice members said they w er e The Model City Joint Board of Commissioners were advised Wednesday, Apt 5, at their weekly meeting that the Housing Task Force had approved using $50,000 from reprogramming funds as matching money to enable the city to qualify for $500,000 in federal grants and low interest loans to improve rundown areas. The city would provide another $50,000 to total the amount needed as matching funds. The proposal will go before the Model slippage Under the program, owner Pete Grundfossen, Model Cities director, said that the task Leo Adams made a motion to table the three hour discussion on the HUD proposal until the next meeting of the task force on April 4. Leo Adams, Chairman, Housing fask force. Code Enforcement Program Approved by Housing Task Force funds as far as matching funds for neighborhood. review v Housing Task Force reviews HUD code enforcement program. City Coordinating Council on Thursday, April 6 for its approval. The city has until April 15 to provide the matching funds. force should f of the project. They said that people shouldn't be forced to take the action. Jones said that the project is "mandatory code enforcement" and that the money available to the residents would be used to afford help the owner-residen- t the improvements. He said only by using mandatory enforcement could the city effectively raise the quality of housing. Jones said that all decisions and methods of operations would be left thirty-thre- in owner-residen- Billy number occupants of one to four units with family incomes below $3,000 a year would be eligible for $3,500 grants to fix plumbing, wiring, foundations or other items to bring their houses up to standards required by building codes. If rehabilitation costs pass the $3,500 figure, 3 percent, 20 year loans would be available. The funds would also pay for some demolition, reloaction or other improvements. Mel Darton, Model City Deputy Director, advised the Commisioners that "hopefully we will have information about reprogramming funds by Thursday's Coordinating Council meeting." |
