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File #: 1078-20    Version: 1 Name: Request Council to amend Ordinance Sections 2-479, 2-480 and 2-483 related to governance of the Affordable Housing Fund as recommend by the Affordable Housing Board to reflect policies, procedures, and processes currently in place for fund operation.
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 10/30/2020 In control: Urban County Council
On agenda: 11/19/2020 Final action: 11/19/2020
Enactment date: 11/19/2020 Enactment #: O-109-2020
Title: An Ordinance amending Section 2-479 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to remove the requirement that the Affordable Housing Governing Board manage the financial and administrative actions of the Affordable Housing Fund, to remove the requirement that the board perform housing studies and instead require that the board review housing studies, to require that the board establish funding priorities based on identified needs, to authorize the board to establish a Technical Assistance Advisory Group to assist the board and staff, and to remove the requirement that the board submit annual reports on the activities of the Affordable Housing Fund; amending Section 2-480 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to remove the requirements that the Office of Affordable Housing work in conjunction with a technical assistance advisory group and other Divs. within the Dept. of Planning, Preservation, and Development, and to require the Of...
Attachments: 1. BS Memo AH Ordinance Changes, 2. Amended Ordinance - Affordable Housing Fund and Board Ordinance 10 REVISED FOR WORK SESSION (00698393xAFB4D), 3. 00713021.pdf, 4. Ordinance #109-2020
Title
An Ordinance amending Section 2-479 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to remove the requirement that the Affordable Housing Governing Board manage the financial and administrative actions of the Affordable Housing Fund, to remove the requirement that the board perform housing studies and instead require that the board review housing studies, to require that the board establish funding priorities based on identified needs, to authorize the board to establish a Technical Assistance Advisory Group to assist the board and staff, and to remove the requirement that the board submit annual reports on the activities of the Affordable Housing Fund; amending Section 2-480 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to remove the requirements that the Office of Affordable Housing work in conjunction with a technical assistance advisory group and other Divs. within the Dept. of Planning, Preservation, and Development, and to require the Office of Affordable Housing to submit annual reports on the activities of the Affordable Housing Fund; amending Section 2-483 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Code of Ordinances to remove the requirement that projects funded by the affordable housing fund be non-supplantive, to clarify that the Affordable Housing Funds may be used for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of all forms of housing, to authorize the use of Affordable Housing Funds for the refinancing of existing debt, to clarify that Affordable Housing Funds may be used for technical assistance directly related to creating any form of housing project, to remove the requirement that applicants submit an annual report of affordability to the Affordable Housing Governing Board, and to clarify that Affordable Housing Developments are subject to inspection. [Div. of Grants and Special Programs, Lanter]

Summary
Authorization to amend Ordinance Sections 2-479, 2-480 and 2-483 related to gov...

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