20.009 An Order to Appropriate CPA Funds for Affordable Home on Glendale Road
City of Northampton
MASSACHUSETTS
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In City Council, January 16, 2020
Upon the recommendation of the Community Preservation Committee
20.009 An Order to Appropriate CPA Funds for Affordable Home on Glendale Road
Ordered, that
WHEREAS, Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity submitted an application for
Community Preservation Act funding for creation of an affordable
single-family home on Glendale Road;
WHEREAS, Habitat for Humanity has an excellent record of creating housing throughout
the Pioneer Valley and beyond, and has already created three affordable units
on Glendale Road;
WHEREAS, the project has wide community support, leverages funding from many other
sources, and utilizes volunteer labor;
WHEREAS, the home will be restricted to individuals and families earning 60% of area
median income or below;
WHEREAS, on November 20, 2019, the Northampton Community Preservation
Committee voted unanimously to recommend that $30,000 in Community
Preservation Act funds be used to support this project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDERED,
That $30,000 be appropriated from Community Preservation Act funding to Pioneer
Valley Habitat for Humanity for the Glendale Road Small Home Project. And, that the
grantee meets the conditions approved by the Community Preservation Committee, the
Mayor, and City Council.
Specifically, $3 0,000 is appropriated from the CPA Affordable Housing Reserve (account
#2344930-359933).