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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: Costa
Tom Powers, First District Supervisor WJl
DATE: Count
July 21, 1987
SUBJECT:
Conversion of Subsidized Housing Loans by HUD
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. That the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County authorizes the
Chair of the Board to send a letter to the county's federal legislators
stating the Board's opposition to the sale of mortgages on low and
moderate income housing by the Federal Housing and Urban Development
Department(HUD) .
2. That the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County directs County
Counsel to investigate ways of ,joining the current lawsuit by the San
Francisco Legal Assistance Foundation and the National Law Housing
Project. This lawsuit challenges HUD's right to sell mortgages without
requiring that the terms and conditions of these mortgages be
maintained.
BACKGROUND:
Under the Reagan Administration's direction, HUD is currently planning
to sell $536 million in mortgages including one for St. John's Apartment
Complex in Richmond. The terms of sale do not specify that the terms
and conditions of the current mortgages will be upheld. As a result,
r many low and moderate income families may be forced to move because of
increased rents.
Clearly, the need for low and moderate income housing is acute. There
are currently 6,583 people on the waiting lists for Section 8 or Public
Housing .Assistance in Contra Costa County alone.
At the same time there are 2,071 low and moderate income units in the
county that are near expiration of their contracts. This suggests that
the two year wait for public housing may become even worse in the
future.
The lawsuit by the San Francisco Legal Assistance Foundation and the
National Law Housing Project challenges the sale of over 300 mortgages
nationwide. The lawsuit alleges that current HUD policies ignore the
intent of the National Housing Act which implies that transferred loans
should maintain low and moderate income housing as specified by the
original terms and conditions under which the projects were implemented.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTS YES SIGNATUREi
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON July 28 , 1987 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X_ OTHER X
On recommendation of Supervisor Powers, IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that
the issue of conversion of subsidized housing loans by HUD is REFERRED
to County Counsel for a report to the Board on August 18 , 1987 . '
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC., County Counsel ATTESTED July 28 , 1987
County Administrator Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board
Community Development of Supervisors and County Administrator
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