The Covington City Commission will hold a public hearing focused on affordable housing and community investment on April 25 at 6 p.m. at city hall on Pike Street.
According to a press release from the city, the hearing will focus on “a draft proposal that outlines how to invest a little over $1.4 million in Covington neighborhoods, plus almost $700,000 on affordable housing in Covington and five surrounding cities.”
The funds come from two federal grant programs.
The first is the Community Development Block Grant program, which aims to address issues of economic development, infrastructure improvement, literacy education and other community issues.
The other is the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, which aims to increase home ownership. The HOME program also includes a consortium of five other cities in the region: Bellevue, Dayton, Erlanger, Ludlow and Newport. Neither program is related to COVID emergency funding.
Members of the public are encouraged to attend the meeting to ask questions and submit suggestions on how the city should spend the money. The city will also accept written comments on the programs until May 7. People who wish to submit written comments should email Covington’s Federal Grants Manager Jeremy Wallace at jwallace@covingtonky.gov.
A draft of the plan is available here.
Please contact the city directly if you have additional questions or comments by calling (859) 292-2147 or TDD (800) 545-1833, ext. 931.