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Council authorized an amendment to the borough’s plans for use of CDBG funds to direct $234,000 to Out of the Cold for its purchase and renovation of the Meetinghouse on Atherton, 318 S. Atherton St.
The amendment will take $227,138.81 from the Borough First-Time Homebuyer Program and $6,861.19 from the operating budget for the now-defunct House of Care.
Borough Manager Tom Fountaine said the First-Time Homebuyer Program “has seen little demand.” In a policy briefing summary, Senior Planner Maureen Safko explained that first-time homebuyers have had a preference in recent years “to purchase homes through the State College Community Land Trust, or through The HOME