The Covington Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to allocate roughly $474,000 in federal grant money towards affordable housing rehab and construction. The votes come as part of the city’s annual federal grant cycle. As an entitlement city, Covington automatically gets a certain amount of federal grant funding every year, some of which can be […]
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How to tell Covington the best way to spend federal grant money
The City of Covington will host a public hearing next week to collect feedback on how the city should spend the federal grant funding it receives. The forum will take place during the meeting of the Covington Board of Commissioners on the evening of Tuesday, May 12. Specifically, the City is seeking feedback on how […]
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Covington residents ask city to ‘get it right’ with federal money
Covington residents sounded off this week on how the city should spend its roughly $5.4 million in federal grant money. Several key themes stood out: affordable housing, maintaining infrastructure for existing families, green space and housing equity. The comments took place at the meeting of the Covington Board of Commissioners Tuesday night as part of […]
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Covington public hearing: Voice opinions on federal housing funds
The City of Covington will hold a public hearing this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the use of federal HOME and CDBG funding for housing affordability initiatives.
