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This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia officials to apply for and accept federal and state funding for housing and community development, including Community Development Block Grants, HOME, Emergency Solutions Grants, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS grants, blight prevention grants, and other state programs. It also authorizes the City to use up to $20 million in HUD-backed Section 108 loans and sets conditions for administering the grants, which concern housing, blight prevention, homelessness, and related community development activities.

Authorizing the Director of Planning and Development, on behalf of the City, to file applications with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Community Development Block Grant; to participate in the HOME Investment Partnership program and the Emergency Solutions Grant program; and for a Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS grant; and to file applications with the Commonwealth to obtain grants under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight; authorizing the Director of Planning and Development and the Director of Commerce to file applications to obtain other grants from the Commonwealth; authorizing the Director of Commerce to use the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; and authorizing the Director of Planning and Development and the Director of Commerce to enter into all understandings and assurances contained in such applications and take all necessary action to accept the grants; all under certain ...