City of Milwaukee - File #: 100508

• File #: 100508
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution-Immediate Adoption
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/1/2010
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/1/2010
• Title: Substitute resolution authorizing the Department of City Development to implement a pilot program for sales of improved neighborhood properties to City homeowners whose homes are to be demolished due to the July 22, 2010 flood.
• Sponsors: ALD. HINES JR., ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. WADE, ALD. KOVAC, ALD. WITKOWSKI, ALD. DAVIS, ALD. COGGS, ALD. PUENTE
• Indexes: DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, PROPERTY SALES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/7/2010	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/1/2010	0	COMMON COUNCIL	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Ald. Hines yielded the chair to Ald. Witkowiak for the purpose of discussing this matter.	Pass	14:0
9/1/2010	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0

Number
100508
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. HINES, HAMILTON, MURPHY, BAUMAN, WADE, KOVAC, WITKOWSKI, DAVIS, COGGS, AND PUENTE
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing the Department of City Development to implement a pilot program for sales of improved neighborhood properties to City homeowners whose homes are to be demolished due to the July 22, 2010 flood.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Department of City Development to implement a pilot program for sales of improved neighborhood properties to City homeowners whose homes are to be demolished due to the July 22, 2010 flood. This pilot program will gauge the effectiveness of a City program to provide neighborhood properties that were acquired through tax foreclosure for sale at a low price as replacement housing for homeowners displaced by substantial natural disasters. The commissioner of the Department of City Development shall report to the Common Council concerning the efficacy of the pilot program and its success by December 31, 2010.

Body
Whereas, The flooding that occurred on July 22, 2010, in the City of Milwaukee, resulted in the Department of Neighborhood Services (“DNS”) issuing raze or placard orders for several owner-occupied residences; and

Whereas, The DNS orders have resulted in significant hardship for these property owners for which no assistance is available from the federal government; and

Whereas, The Common Council is considering several remedies to improve City response to natural disaster occurrences that have substantial impacts on neighborhoods and this pilot program will be used to gauge the effectiveness of one such approach; and

Whereas, The City owns a number of houses that were acquired through tax foreclosure that may be suitable as replacement housing for these displaced Milwaukee homeowners; and

Whereas, Department of City Development (“DCD”) staff will identify potential replacement houses and qualify displaced homeowners to determi...