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File #: 240062    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Bill Status: HELD IN COMMITTEE
File created: 2/1/2024 In control: Committee on Finance
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Amending Section 21-1600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Housing Trust Fund," all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsors: Councilmember Gauthier, Councilmember Landau, Councilmember O'Rourke, Councilmember Brooks
Indexes: HOUSING TRUST FUND
Attachments: 1. Bill No. 24006200

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Amending Section 21-1600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Housing Trust Fund,” all under certain terms and conditions.

 

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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

 

SECTION 1.   Chapter 21-1600 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended as follows:

 

CHAPTER 14-700.  HOUSING TRUST FUND

 

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§ 21-1605.  Trust Fund Assets Held in the Non-Recording Fee Sub-Fund

 

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(2)   Funds appropriated from the Non-Recording Fee Sub-Fund shall be used to fund programs and projects that support Equitable Neighborhood Development for the benefit of households whose annual income, adjusted for size, is less than one hundred [twenty] percent [(120%)] (100%) of the median income of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, that:

 

(a)   Increase production and preservation of affordable housing for sale or rental;

 

(b)   Increase access to homeownership through the provision of down payment and closing cost assistance; and

 

(c)   Stabilize and maintain high levels of homeownership in middle neighborhoods.

 

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