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| id | fiscal_year | chamber | member_name | member_last | member_first | bioguide_id | party | state | district | subcommittee | recipient | recipient_normalized | project_description | recipient_address | amount_requested |
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| 14 | 2022 | House | Robert Aderholt | Aderholt | Robert | A000055 | Republican | AL | Transportation, Housing and Urban Development | Demolition of Blighted Properties and Purchase and Rehab of Tax Sales and Foreclosed Properties, Sheffield, AL, Colbert County, AL04 | DEMOLITION OF BLIGHTED PROPERTIES AND PURCHASE AND REHAB OF TAX SALES AND FORECLOSED PROPERTIES, SHEFFIELD, AL, COLBERT COUNTY, AL04 | Funding for the Demolition of Blighted Properties and Purchase and Rehab of Tax Sales and Foreclosed Properties, Sheffield, AL, Colbert County, AL04, would be used for demolishing blighted structures in the City of Sheffield; and to purchase and rehabilitate tax sales and foreclosed properties for use by Sheffield Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher programs. Approximately $225,000 of the requested $500,000 would be used for demolition activities. The City of Sheffield has already identified abandoned properties in Sheffield and has gone through the legal process to take possession of the properties for demolition. The City received a small CDBG grant for demolition, but it will only cover demolition of commercial buildings or public facilities, leaving many housing units which also need to be demolished. Sheffield Housing Authority is proposing to use this funding to demolish approximately ten housing units, leaving vacant property that can be used by SHA or Habitat for Humanity to build affordable housing. SHA will use approximately $275,000 of the requested $500,000 to purchase houses at tax sale or foreclosures that can be renovated and used as rental properties for Housing Choice Voucher holders. The number of such houses available for purchase and renovation varies greatly from time to time, so if the entire $275,000 cannot be obligated for this purpose by the end of FY22, any left-over funds will be directed toward demolition activities. This project is a good use of taxpayer funds because demolishing blighted structures in the City of Sheffield for the purpose of building affordable housing will directly benefit low-income persons; and the tax sales and foreclosed properties will be bought and renovated to be used by the Housing Choice Voucher program as rental property or for sale through the Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership program, to low-income families. | 505 North Columbia Ave., Sheffield, AL 35660 | 500000 |