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6. NEW BUSINESS (Cont'd) 4) The amount.of the grant will be account for each house approved tion by the Advisory Committee. on the account must be signed b member of the Bureau,of Housing non - profit group. deposited in the for rehabilita- Checks drawn y both designated staff and of the 5) Inspections to be made by staff inspector after each stage of rehabili- tation with monies to be withheld for further work until all previous work is approved. 6) Upon - completion of rehabilitation and final inspec- tion, final payment of remainder of grant account will be paid to the non - profit group and any monies remaining belong to the group. 7) Financial records must be kept up to date and subject to inspection by Bureau of Housing staff or Advisory Committee. The Chair requested if there were any comments from the public? Mr. Karl King asked how this ties into the rent supplement group to repair the home? Ms. Bauer answered that it is not tied up with that program. Project RENEW will repair these, as the homeowner, and sell to a family in conjunction with the program, if it meets with the guidelines. It has to be a non - profit group. Mr. King wondered if would go through PAC approval to repair a house and get a buyer or client - -if it is a rent upplement program to enable him to buy the home. Mrs. Hernandez answered that it is not. Rev. John Smith, representing Project RENEW, Inc., advised with regard to their project, RENEW is a good program for the neighbor- hood they are working in and he was certain that they can work within the range of the guidelines. That there is a certain amount of proven history in the city that bears merit and they certainly hope that they can go with it. Mrs. Janet Allen stated that she is concerned with the problems we have had in R -57 and asked what protection the people have on this? Mrs. Hernandez said this depends on the inspectors and there would be periodic inspections. Mr. L. Kent Wilcox advised that we have revised.almost all of our procedures between LaSalle Park and this Projects Mr. William Ellison is in charge of all inspections of this Department and is also the Project Manager of E -7. Mr. Ellison gave a brief summary on the changes. He advised our inspectors will inspect the homes periodically to see that the quality and code are met. This program is one that the Project RENEW people will fix the homes. People who could not go on the market for a mortgage or FHA, can buy these homes through a land contract, and seek owners through training and guidance- - with training period lasting approximately ten (10) weeks. The Project RENEW, in Clay Township last year, had all types of volun- teers-- professional people._ 15 -