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 mayor asks federal government not to cut housing funding
Covington Mayor Ron Washington is advocating against cuts at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, known more commonly as HUD. “I want to talk about these cuts not as a partisan issue – the politics of this is almost irrelevant – but about the reality of the damage this will do to us,” […]
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Erlanger considers Covington oversight for housing choice program
Erlanger City Council discussed a proposal for the Housing Authority of Covington to administer United States Department of Housing and Urban Development programs within the city during a meeting last week. Central to the discussion was the potential impact of the Housing Choice Voucher program in Erlanger, which allows those in the program to receive […]
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Covington Housing Authority leaders discuss decreased rent income, possible federal changes to eviction procedures
Financial statements and discussions in the November and December meetings of the Covington Housing Authority Board of Commissioners indicated increased income loss for the authority due to declining rent payments, which Housing Authority Executive Director Steve Arlinghaus argued was reflective of national trends. “It is a nationwide problem with the way things are going,” Arlinghaus […]
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Ft. Thomas City Council Notes (How to Handle the Imperial Apartments)
By Pat Lafleur, FortThomasMatters City Beat This week’s City Council meeting showed the first Ft. Thomas resident to address council since I began covering these meetings months ago: Mrs. Andrea Patrick, who lives on N. Crescent, addressed council regarding the Imperial Apartments complex located at the intersection of S. Ft. Thomas Ave. and Grand Ave. […]
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Missing Piece of the Midway Rehab
Here is another recent story from the Enquirer about the streetscape work about to begin next month. This is a story I mentioned a few weeks ago here so not new news but there is an interesting quote at the end of the article from the owner of the Midway. “The city needs to get […]