Comments on: Urban County Reallocates Housing Funds

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:56:09 +0000

I don’t know the answer to 2 but I recall that Ann Arbor did lose Federal human services funding to which it was entitled as one of the original Michigan block grant communities, once it joined the Urban County. I always wondered how that was going to be accommodated.

By: LuAnne Bullington

LuAnne Bullington — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:01:23 +0000

At the June meeting the members were told money, Ann Arbor had been receiving had to be sent back once Ann Arbor joined the Urban County. City Council member Margie Teal was able to get the County to pull funds out of their general fund to make Ann Arbor hole for that year.

Was the money lost “federal emergency housing funds for the county, which have been cut by nearly 30%.” due to Ann Arbor joining the Urban County?

By: Lily Au

Lily Au — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:30:28 +0000

All the funds from the State & the Federal are so tight. Habitat for Humanitarian requested to waive the $60000 cap and asked for approval for $11124 to convert the garage into another two rooms and bath in a property in Ypsilanti. This is not appropriate, and it should not have been approved. Please also think about many people without home and turned away by the shelter as shelter reaches its limit. They need to sleep on the streets. Habitat for Humanitarian should abide by the rule of $60000 cap. If there is surplus fund from “Neighborhood Stabilization Program”, the fund may be reallocated to PORT to help those people really hitting the bottom.