OFFICE OF
THE MAYOR
CHICAGO
CITY OF
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
January 17, 2013
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Commissioner of Housing and Economic Development, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing the execution of a redevelopment agreement and loan agreement for Hope Manor II Apartments. |
Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City"), a home rule unit of government under Section 6(a), Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, has heretofore found and does hereby find that there exists within the City a serious shortage of decent, safe and sanitary rental housing available to persons of low and moderate income; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the continuance of a shortage of affordable rental housing is harmful to the health, prosperity, economic stability and general welfare of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has certain funds available from a variety of funding sources ("Multi-Family Program Funds") to make loans and grants for the development of multi-family residential housing to increase the number of families served with decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing and to expand the long-term supply of affordable housing, and such Multi-Family Program Funds are administered! by the City's Department of Housing and Economic Development ("HED"); and
WHEREAS, HED has preliminarily reviewed and approved the making of a loan to Hope Manor II Veterans Housing, LP., an Illinois limited partnership (the "Borrower"), of which the sole general partner is Hope Manor II VOA Veterans Housing LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (the "General Partner"), of which Volunteers of America of Illinois ("VOA IL"), an Illinois not for profit corporation, and Volunteers of America National Services, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, are the sole members, in an amount...
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