Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2018-7755

• Record #: O2018-7755
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/20/2018
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Budget and Government Operations
• Final action: 11/7/2018
• Title: Intergovernmental agreement with Chicago Housing Authority and Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities for expansion of professional services under Home Mod Program
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: AGREEMENTS - Intergovernmental

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/7/2018	88833	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/5/2018		Committee on Budget and Government Operations	Recommended to Pass
9/20/2018	83302	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
September 20, 2018










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request ofthe Commissioner ofthe Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, I transmit herewith an ordinance authorizing execution of an intergovernmental agreement with the Chicago Housing Authority regarding home modifications.

Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Mayor


Very truly yours,

ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government as defined in Article VII, Section 6(a) ofthe Illinois constitution and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and

WHEREAS, the Chicago Housing Authority (the "CHA") is a municipal unit of government organized for the purpose of providing safe, clean and affordable housing to Chicago residents, including removing unsanitary and substandard conditions, constructing and operating housing accommodations and regulating the maintenance of housing projects; and
WHEREAS, the health, safety and welfare ofthe residents of public housing is a matter of public interest; and

WHEREAS, since 1999, the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities ("MOPD") has operated and continues to operate the HomeMod Program whereby dwelling units that are occupied by a household that contains at least one disabled person are eligible to be considered for the installation of modifications with accessible features such as ramps, lifts, accessible kitchens, accessible bathrooms, or assistive technology devices, all at no or reduced cost to the household; and

WHEREAS, the CHA requested the City, through MOPD, to expand its HomeMod Program to modify qualifying dwelling units that are leased to qualifying disabled households under the CHA's Housing Choice Voucher Program, and proposes to pay the City for this work with the use of certain CHA Modification Fund fundi...