AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF NOT TO EXCEED $15,000,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF CITY OF CHICAGO MULTI-FAMILY MORTGAGE REVENUE NOTE, 2017 SERIES A (WOODLAWN ROLL UP APARTMENTS PROJECT) FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS; APPROVING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS IN RELATION THERETO; AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS IN RELATION THERETO.
WHEREAS, by virtue of Section 6(a) of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois (the "Constitution"), the City of Chicago (the "City") is a home rule unit of local government and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, as a home rule unit and pursuant to the Constitution, the City is authorized and empowered to issue multi-family housing revenue obligations for the purpose of financing the cost of the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, development, and equipping an affordable multi-family housing facility for low- and moderate-income families located in the City ("Multi-Family Housing Financing"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City (the "City Council") on March 29, 2017, the City has determined that there exists within the City a serious shortage of decent, safe and sanitary rental housing available for 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 adopted an ordinance on March 29, 2017, evidencing the City's intent to issue multi-family housing revenue bonds, notes or other indebtedness in order to provide financing for costs associated with the rehabilitation by Woodlawn Roll Up Preservation Associates Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership (the "Borrower"), of 16 low-income housing development project...
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