HomeMy WebLinkAbout2386 RESOLUTION 2386
WHEREAS, The City Council unanimously adopted Housing Bremerton, a strategy to increase housing
opportunities, particularly home ownership, for all households regardless of income; and
WHEREAS, The City's Comprshensive Housing affordability Strategy, CHAS, supports the objectives of
Housing Bremerton, such as increasing home ownership opportunities particmlarly for low income families with
children; and
WHEREAS, The three of the 1992 CHAS objectives include technical assistance to establish a private non-
profit housing agency, assistance to first-time home buyers, and rehabilitation assistance to home owners; and
WHEREAS, Emmanuel Apostolic Church which is located In the heart of downtown Bremerton has a long
standing program to assist people throughout the community with credit repair and loan pre-qualification; and
WHEREAS, Community Resource Center is a private non-profit agency which has been re-established by
hanuel Apostolic Church to provide affordable houshg, education, and economic empowersent to low income
families; and
WHEREAS, The National Affordable Housing Act established the HOPE Program through which grant funds are
available in support of home ownership of publicly owned properties (financed through FHA and VM and of non-
profit agencies as a capacity building opportunity; and
WHEREAS, The HOPE Program is an opportunity for the City of Bremerton and the Conunity Resource Center,
a non-profit to work together to pool skills and funds to increase home ownership for income eligible families
in order to achieve City housing goals:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BREMERTON CITY COUNClL:
Does hereby support Community Resource Center's application for a HOPE Program Planning Crant to assist
income eligible families with the services and resources necessary to become home owners and with the skills
and assistance necessary to manage and maintain their homes well into the future; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City will commit federal, state and local resources as technical
assistance to the Community Resource Center to secure financing and to locate publicly owned homes to increase
home ownership opportunities consistent with HOPE Program objectives to income eligible families in Bremerton.
PASSED by the Bremerton City Council this 15 day of April 1992.
Lynn Horton, President
City Council
APPROVED this 15 day of April, 1992.
Louis Mentor, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kathleen McCluskey, City Clerk