Title
An Ordinance creating Article VIII in Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government to create the Emergency Temporary Relocation Assistance Program for Tenants to assist tenants displaced from low-income rental housing due to conditions that render the housing temporarily unfit for human occupancy. [Council Office, Maynard]
Summary
Create an Emergency Temporary Relocation Fund.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN
COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Article VIII of Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances be and
hereby is created to read as follows:
Sec. 5-108.
The Emergency Temporary Relocation Assistance Program for Tenants is hereby created to assist tenants displaced from low-income rental housing due to conditions that render the dwelling or property upon which the dwelling is located temporarily unfit for human occupancy.
(a) For purposes of this article, a dwelling and/or the property upon which it is located is "temporarily unfit for human occupancy" whenever the Division of Code Enforcement finds that the property is unsafe due to the degree to which the property is in disrepair, is unsanitary, vermin or rat infested, contains filth and contamination, or lacks ventilation, water service, illumination, sanitary or heating facilities or other essential equipment or services required for human occupancy, or because the property otherwise constitutes a hazard to the occupants or to the public. This determination shall be temporary in nature and apply until the Division of Code Enforcement certifies that the necessary repairs have been made to make the property fit for human occupancy.
(b) The Emergency Temporary Relocation Assistance Program for Tenants shall be administered by the Department of Social Services. The Department shall develop the application and procedures necessary for the administration of the program in accordance with this artic...
Click here for full text