HomeMy WebLinkAbout1728 RESOLUTION NO. 1728
A Resolution of the City of Bremerton
approving application for Preliminary
Loan for Low-Rent Public Housing
WlrEREAS, it is the policy of this locality to eliminate sub-
standard and other inadequate housing, to prevent the spread of
slums and blight, and to realize as soon as feasible the goal
of a decent home in a suitable living environment for all of
its citizens; and
WHEREAS, under the provisions of the United States ttousing
Act of 1937, as amended, the United States of America, acting
through the Secretary of Itousing and Urban Development (here in
called the "Government"), is authorized to provide financial
assistance to local public housing agencies for undertaking and
carrying out preliminary planning of low-rent housing projects
that will assist in meeting this goal; and
WHEREAS, the Act provides that there shall be local deter-
mination of need for low-rent housing to meet needs not being
adequately met by private enterprise and that the Government
shall not make any contract with a public housing agency for
preliminary loans for surveys and planning in respect to any
low-rent housing projects unless the governing body of the
locality involved has by resolution approved the application
of the public housing agency for such preliminary loan; and
WHEREAS, the ttousing Authority of the City of Bremerton
(herein called the "Local Authority") is a public housing
agency and is applying to the Government for a preliminary loan
to cover the costs of surveys and planning in connection with
the development of low-rent housing;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of
the City of Bremerton as follows:
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1. That there exists in the City of Bremerton a need
for such low-rent housing which is not being met by private
enterprise;
2. That the application of the Local Authority to the
Government for a preliminary loan in an amount not to exceed
$14,000.00 for surveys and planning in connection with low'
rent housing projects of not to exceed approximately seventy
(70) dwelling units is hereby approved.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BREMERTON, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk
in authentication of such passage this 15th day of JUNE , 1977.
GLENN K. JARSTAD, MAYOR
ATTEST:
G.C. YEADON, SR., CITY CLERK
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