§99.0501 Initial Selection of Areas for Designation as Residential Rehabilitation Areas…

• (a) The Housing Advisory Board shall recommend to the City Manager areas to be considered for designation by the City Council.

• (b) Prior to recommending an area, the Housing Advisory Board shall conduct one or more public meetings in the area. Residents, property owners and representatives of neighborhood organizations shall be invited to attend these meetings. At these meetings the Housing Advisory Board shall explain the Rehabilitation Assistance Program, shall invite comments from the public and shall raise for discussion the following issues:

  • (1) Would rent increases or demolitions resulting from the cost of meeting rehabilitation standards result in widespread displacement of tenants;

  • (2) Would RAP assist neighborhood–initiated improvement programs;

  • (3) Would RAP preserve and improve the social, ethnic, and economic integration of the area;

  • (4) Is there support from residents of the area and from the owners of property in the area for institution of the RAP; and

  • (5) Is the area of sufficient size and continuity to enable effective administration of the program.

• (c) In deciding whether to recommend an area for designation as a residential rehabilitation area, the Housing Advisory Board shall take into consideration the comments from and the discussions with the public at the hearings held pursuant to subsection B. With each recommendation of a residential rehabilitation area, the Housing Advisory Board shall convey an opinion to the City Manager concerning the following factors:

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• (1) The extent of public support for designation of the area as a residential rehabilitation area;

• (2) Whether there is a substantial number of deteriorating structures in the area which do not conform to rehabilitation standards;

• (3) Whether there is a need for financial assistance for residential rehabilitation to arrest the deterioration of the area;

• (4) Whether financing of residential rehabilitation in the area is economically feasible;

• (5) Whether rent increases or demolitions resulting from the cost of meeting rehabilitation standards would result in widespread displacement of tenants;

• (6) Whether institution of RAP in the area would assist in neighborhood– initiated improvement programs; and

• (7) Whether institution of RAP would preserve and improve the social, ethnic, and economic integration of the area.

(“Initial Selection of Areas for Designation as Residential Rehabilitation Areas by the Housing Advisory Board and/or Representative of CAC” added 1–23–1975 by O– 11483 N.S.)