Altoona’s Community Development Department has proposed a plan for spending the $2 million the city will receive this year from the federal Department of Hous
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City Council next month will consider whether to allocate $2 million in federal Department of Housing and Urban Development money for eight proposed programs and projects, many of them for housing and infrastructure improvements.
The slate of proposals five of which would be paid for with Community Development Block Grants and three of which would be paid for with HOME Investment Partnership Program money was crafted recently by then-City Manager Ken Decker, according to CDBG Manager Mary Johnson.
The slate was discussed Wednesday at a public hearing conducted by the city’s Department of Community Development, which took comments from one visitor that didn’t lead to changes.
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