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File #: 25-0021    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Referred for Recommendation
File created: 1/2/2025 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 1/9/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval to accept and expend a $100,000 grant with no new match required, from Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities to the Office of Housing Stability for a Senior Housing Bridge pilot program.
Code sections: Grant/Gift -
Attachments: 1. State Contract - Senior Bridge Pilot Program Earmark

Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval to accept and expend a $100,000 grant with no new match required, from Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities to the Office of Housing Stability for a Senior Housing Bridge pilot program.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council accept and approve expending a grant of $100,000 from MA Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities to the OSPCD Office of Housing Stability Division, under the provisions of MGL Chapter 44, Section 53A. This grant does not require the commitment of new matching funds.

 

The purpose of this grant is to pay establish a short term housing bridge pilot program for Seniors.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this item.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor