Designating the Bureau of Housing to Administer a Local Urban Homesteading Program

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ORDINANCE NO. (o qp - 7:2 AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE BUREAU OF HOUSING OF THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND TO BE THE AGENCY OF THE CITY TO ADMINISTER A LOCAL URBAN HOMESTEADING PROGRAM STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT Public Law 195 Acts of 1975, I.C. 18 -7 -21 provide that a city may administer an urban homesteading program under which one and two family dwellings may be conveyed to individuals or families who must occupy and rehabilitate such dwellings. The statute provides that the common council of the city may by ordinance designate an existing agency of the city to administer the program. The City of South Bend by Ordinance No. 5689 -74 enacted July 2, 1974 created a division of community development within the City of South Bend and provided therein for the establishment of a bureau of housing. The Common Council by Resolution No. 494 -75 enacted August 27, 1975 authorized the bureau of housing to be the public agency responsible for administering a HUD urban homesteading demonstration program in the City of South Bend. It is now necessary that the city pursuant to the requirements of the 1975 statute designate by ordinance an agency of the city to administer its local urban homesteading program within the intended purposes of the statute. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. The Bureau of Housing of the Division of Community Development of the Department of Human Resources of the City of South Bend, Indiana is hereby designated as the agency of the city to administer a local urban homesteading program for the City of South Bend pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 195 of the Acts of 1975, being I.C. 18 -7 -21, such agency to have all of the rights, powers and duties provided for in said statute. SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, and its proper execution by the Mayor. „ „, i�G FL;L: - 2nd PEAED” " +G 2—//-77 NOT APPROVED REFERRED ,r PASSED 'r 7 ��' i4 AXL'-1�6 � MembV of the Common Council FILED IN CLERK'S OFFICE Irene Gammon CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND.