The proposed housing policies include $35 million to incentivize public/private housing, $10 million in home repair funds and $5 million for a revolving loan pool for small and minority contractors to build in underserved neighborhoods.
Lucas Daprile, cleveland.com
Housing projects are the largest portion of the city’s latest $102.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars announced Monday at a Cleveland City Council Caucus meeting. Roughly $97 million of the newly introduced funding was put forth by Mayor Justin Bibb. The remaining dollars were proposed by City Council and included funding for groups that support domestic violence survivors and residents needing legal services for housing issues.
Cleveland still has plenty to spend. The $102.5 in newly announced funds make up only one-third of the city’s remaining ARPA dollars. Rather than fund the solution itself, the city sees its ARPA funds as a “spark” to “push and pull housing into areas of highest need,” Hernandez said. Bibb’s proposal to spend $50 million in ARPA funding on housing is buoyed by $1 million in proposed funding from City Council for legal aid for low-income tenants who are facing eviction. The $1 million would add to previous city funding that has already shown results, said Colleen Cotter, the executive director of Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.
Councilwoman Jasmin Santana noted many of the issues being proposed for funding overlap. For example, housing insecurity often traps victims of domestic violence in the same home as their abuser because they have nowhere else to go, Santana said.
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