| WHEREAS, Section 104 (d) of the
Housing and community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and
implementing regulations require that each applicant for Community
Development Block Grant funds must adopt, make public and certify that
it is following a residential antidisplacement and relocation assistance
plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Willcox is submitting an application to
the State of Arizona Department of Housing for Community Development
Block Grant funds.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Council of
the City of Willcox, do hereby adopt the residential antidisplacement
and relocation assistance plan as described below.
RESIDENTIAL ANTIDISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PLAN
The City of Willcox will replace all occupied and vacant occupiable
low/moderate income dwelling units demolished or converted to a use
other than as low/moderate income housing as a direct result of
activities assisted with funds provided under the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 as amended.
All replacement housing will be provided within three years of the
commencement of the demolition or rehabilitation relating to conversion.
Before obligating or expending funds that will directly result in
such demolition or conversion, the City of Willcox will make public and
submit to the AZDOH CDBG Program the following information in writing:
1. A description of the proposed activity;
2. The general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling
units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted
to a use than as LM dwelling units as a direct result of the assisted
activity;
3. A time schedule for the commencement and completion of the
demolition or conversion;
4. The general location on a map and approximate number of dwelling
units by size (number of bedrooms) that will be provided as replacement
dwelling units;
5. The source of funding and a time schedule for the provision of
replacement dwelling units; and
6. The basis for concluding that each replacement dwelling unit will
remain a LM dwelling unit for at least 10 years from the date of initial
occupancy.
7. Information demonstrating that any proposal replacement of housing
units with smaller dwelling units (e.g., a 2 bedroom unit with two
1-bedroom units), or any proposed replacement of efficiency or
single-room occupancy (SRO) units with units of a different size, is
appropriate and consistent with the housing needs and priorities
identified in the State of Arizona's approved Consolidated Plan (CP).
The City of Willcox will provide relocation assistance, as described
in the ACT and implementing regulations, to each LM household displaced
by demolition of housing or by the conversion of a LM dwelling unit to
another use as a direct result of assisted activities.
Consistent with the goals and objectives of activities assisted under
the ACT, the (name of applicant) will take the following steps to
minimize displacement of persons from their homes:
1. Coordinate code of enforcement with rehabilitation and housing
assistance programs.
2. Evaluate housing codes and rehabilitation standards in
reinvestment areas to prevent undue financial burden on established
owners and tenants.
3. Stage rehabilitation of apartment units to allow tenants to remain
in the building/complex during and after the rehabilitation, working
with empty units first.
4. Arrange for facilities to house persons who must be relocated
temporarily during rehabilitation.
5. Adopt policies to identify and mitigate displacement resulting
from intensive public investment neighborhoods.
6. Adopt policies which provide reasonable protections for tenants
faced with conversion to a condominium or cooperative.
7. Adopt tax assessment policies, such as deferred tax payment plans,
to reduce impact of increasing property tax assessments on lower income
owner-occupants or tenants in revitalizing areas.
8. Establish counseling centers to provide homeowners and tenants
with information on assistance available to help them remain in their
neighborhood in the face of revitalization pressures.
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