Appropriating $40,000.00 from the Federal Assistance Grant

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Peter H. Mullen Director, Administration and Finance ,,p_UT1o* F g CITY of SOUTH BEND Q: PETER J. NEMETH, Mayor COUNTY-CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 //VDIAIAN March 23, 1977 South Bend Common Council County-City Building 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, Indiana 46601 Dear Council Members: 219/284-9742 The attached bill would appropriate $40,000.00 from General Revenue Sharing for use in the city's proposed housing repair program. Bill No. 2977 which had its first reading before the Common Council on February 28, 1977, would change the enabling statute under which the City of South Bend currently achieves building code enforcement. That enabling statute provides that a hearing officer may be appointed by the Mayor to hear petitions brought him by the Building Commissioner. Under the new enabling statute the Building Commissioner would have an arry of remedies against homeowners and absentee landlords who allow their prop- erties to deteriorate. Included among these remedies would be possible injunctive relief, civil forfeitures of up to $1,000.00 and the establishment of receiverships. The requested funding would enable the city to make repairs to residences which have been allowed to deteriorate where the home- owner or absentee landlord has failed to make the repairs him- self. When such repairs were made the city would then proceed to collect the cost of rehabilitation from the property owner by means of a personal judgment. This Ordinance is filed in conjunction with the ordinance appro- priating $23,040.00 from the Counter-Cyclical Grant for staff functions. Fete�.ff. muiien Cont ller