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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a cooperation agreement with Allegheny County Economic Development, on behalf of Allegheny County; the Urban Redevelopment Authority; and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, to collaboratively manage affordable housing services related to the HOME-ARP program, at no cost to the City.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") has awarded the City $8,354,476-Eight Million, Three Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand, Four Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars, in HOME Investment Partnership Program - American Rescue Plan ("HOME-ARP") funds for fiscal year 2021; and
WHEREAS, the City has allocated $1,100,000 - One Million, One Hundred Thousand Dollars of HOME-ARP funds to a joint project expanding the affordable housing services supplied by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh ("the Project"); and
WHEREAS, Allegheny County Economic Development has allocated $1,000,000 - One Million Dollars of HOME-ARP funds to the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh wish to cooperate on processes related to the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, the Urban Redevelopment Authority and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh wish to enter into a cooperation agreement in order to memorialize respective responsibilities toward the Project.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into a cooperative agreement with: Allegheny County Economic Development, on behalf of Allegheny County; the Urban Redevelopment Authority; and the Housing Author...
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