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27-R-70
RESOLUTION
APPROVING APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY LOAN
FOR LOW -RENT PUBLIC HOUSING
WHEREAS, it is the policy of this locality to eliminate
substandard 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
Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the United States of America,
Housing Assistance Administration (hereinafter 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
determination 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
Rj involved has by resolution approved the application of the public
housing agency for such preliminary loan; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the County.of Cook
(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 Evanston as follows:
1. There exists in the City of Evanston a need for such
low -rent housing at rents within the means of low-income families;
2. The application of the Local Authority to the
Government for a preliminary loan in an amount not to exceed
$140,000.00 for surveys and planning in connection with low -rent
housing projects of not to exceed approximately 350 dwelling units,
of which 200 shall be designed for the elderly, is —hereby approved.
3. That all residents of the City of Evanston meeting
the eligirility requirements established by the Cook County
i;ousin7. i',uthority shall be eligible for consideration for
assistance under this program, but that the following system of
priorities shall be established to determine the priority of each
eligible resident: .
(1) _residents displaced by governmental action;
(2) All other residents in the City of Evanston
with priority giv_n to persons havin7 the
longest period of residency in the City of
Evanston.
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Adopted July 27. 1970
ATTEST:
/s/ Maurice F. Brown
City -.Clerk
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/s/ Peter D. Jans
Mayor
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