6 results for “demolition tax”
6 results for “demolition tax”
The Dearborn Senior Citizen Commission met on April 21, 2025, to review service updates and discuss improvements to city senior programs. Service metrics included 775 transportation clients, an average of 150 Meals on Wheels recipients daily, and AARP tax preparation volunteers serving over 400 clients through April. Camp Dearborn presented significant facility upgrades funded through grants and city budgets, including demolition of 146 outdated trailers, new green tent accommodations ($95/night), paddle boats, fence replacements, and addition of disk golf, with the booking site available at CampDearborn.com.
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The Housing and Homelessness Commission held a meeting on May 2, 2019, in Evanston to address several agenda items including approval of March 7, 2019 meeting minutes, a funding application from the Alliance to End Homelessness of Suburban Cook County for HMIS (Homeless Management Information System), and discussion of a demolition tax index. The March 7 meeting minutes indicate the commission discussed bylaws and affordable housing fund revisions, with commissioners deciding to defer changes pending outcomes from the Affordable Housing Plan Steering Committee, and received public comment on the demolition tax and climate resilience initiatives.
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Mahanoy City Borough, Pennsylvania, has experienced significant population decline from 15,936 residents in 1910 to 3,912 in 2021 due to the collapse of the coal mining industry, resulting in numerous abandoned properties throughout the municipality. To address blight, the Borough established a Blight/Demolition Fund in 2014 funded by real estate taxes (approximately 1.5 mils) and $50,000 annually in earned income tax revenue, supplemented by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations totaling $96,056 in 2021, of which $45,146 was allocated to demolition projects. The Borough faces potential loss of CDBG funding in 2022 due to Act 179 population requirements and has secured additional grant funding, including approval for $133,000 to demolish three properties.
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The Housing and Homelessness Commission held a meeting on December 6, 2018, in Evanston to consider funding requests and policy matters including a senior housing feasibility study from the Age-Friendly Evanston Task Force and renewal funding for Community Partners for Affordable Housing's IHO waitlist management program. The agenda also included discussion of demolition tax and affordable housing fund documents. The document includes draft minutes from the November 1, 2018 meeting and indicates the next scheduled meeting would be January 10, 2019.
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