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GRANTS\Grant-Affordable Housing—Designate Target Neighborhoods—6-18-12
RESOLUTION DESIGNATING TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
PURPOSE OF A NEW YORK STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CORPORATION GRANT APPLICATION
RESOLUTION NO.: , 2012
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has developed an Affordable Housing Strategy,
and
WHEREAS, the Affordable Housing Strategy document included a detailed analysis of
neighborhoods in the Town, and
WHEREAS, that document identified Census Tract 708 and 706 Block Group 2 (known
locally as West Glens Falls and South Queensbury) as areas which contained high concentrations
of lower income, owner-occupied housing in need of significant rehabilitation assistance which
cannot be met by the private sector without governmental assistance, and
WHEREAS, that document identified that Strategy 1 included in the Affordable Housing
Strategy was the "Protection and Expansion of the Stock of Affordable Housing in the Existing
Neighborhoods," and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury will submit a 2012 HOME program application for
additional funding to the NYS Office of Community Renewal (OCR) on or before the filing date
of August 10, 2012, and if awarded, will use such funds as the required AHC match, and
WHEREAS, in designating these areas as part of the AHC and HOME application
process the Town has established that housing conditions in the area are characterized as
deteriorating, substandard and in need of basic rehabilitation, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury in the adopted Affordable Housing Strategy,
specifically identified the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation as an important
source of funds to implement the Town's program of owner-occupied housing rehabilitation in
these targeted areas,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury reaffirms the analysis and conclusions in the
Affordable Housing Strategy and designates that Census Tracts 708 and 706 Block Group 2 as
an area, as described in 21B NYCRR Section 2161.2 of the Regulations of the Affordable Home
Ownership Development Program in which governmental assistance is necessary and appropriate
to make necessary investment in homes in the area.
Duly adopted this 18th day of June, 2012 by the following vote:
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