HomeMy Public PortalAbout1978_10_25_R195RESOLUTION NO.
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED October 25, 1978
78-195 ADOPTED October 25, 1978
A RESOLUTION:
OPPOSING ADDITIONAL HUD SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE
FOR LOUDOUN HOUSE APARTMENTS
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has
invited the Town of Leesburg to comment on an application from
Loudoun House Associates for an additional 38 Section 8 rental
assisted units at Loudoun House:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED, by the Council of the Town of Leesburg,
Virginia, as follows:
SECTION I. The application from Loudoun House Associates
for an additional 38 Section 8 assisted units for Loudoun House
apartments is opposed for the following reasons:
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Stabilization of a large segment of the present
low-income tenant population is not advisable,
since Loudoun House currently demands substantially
disproportionate police and fire services.
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Leesburg already has more than its share of Section
8 assisted housing and other low-income housing.
This includes 100 Section 8 units for the elderly
and handicapped presently under construction and
127 units available under the County of Loudoun's
"floating" Section 8 program of which the vast
majority are located in Leesburg.
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Further Section 8 assistance will subvert the original
concept of Loudoun House as an economically hetero-
geneous community as well as the spirit of the. HUD-
financed 236 program for which regulations provide,
". . . rental policy should be directed toward
achieving a desirable level of economic integration
in the project .... "
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Additional Section 8 assistance will adversely
impact remaining moderate income tenants and
serve to further stigmatize Loudoun House as a
very low income complex since a majority of ap-
plicants on the waiting list are recipients of welfare
assistance.
Other HUD Section 236 projects in Leesburg have
through the years offered quality housing for low-
and moderate-income families without the benefit
of Section 8 assistance.
The substantive improvements promised in earlier ap-
plications from Loudoun House Associates have not
reached fruition despite the approval of 132 Section
8 units.
The base line operating expense data exhibit contained
in the Section 8 assistance application overestimates
expenditures for taxes and water and sewer expenses
by over $36,000 for calendar year 1978.
Approval of additional Section 8 assistance for
Loudoun House will, according to the application, in-
crease the ratio of minority families living at
Loudoun House, which already is at 63 percent.
SECTION II. The manager is authorized and directed to
transmit this resolution to Mr. Terry C. Chisholm, Area ~anager·
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development as the town's
response to the letter from the HUD Washington, D. C., area
office received September 28, 1978, requesting comments within
30 days to the application.
PASSED this 25th
day of
October , 1978.
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Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
· Clerk oyCouncil