HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 3.3 Affordable Housing Proclamation
A PROCLAMATION OF THE CITYCOlJNCIL
CITY OF DUBLIN
CALIFORNIA
l-I/HEREAS, decent, safe and affordable hOlising is one of the basic necessities oflife and is of vital importance to the
health and well being of all residents of the City of Dublin, and
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has been successful in developing active and innovative housing programs by
participating in the development of over 1,000 affordable 1nclusionury Units, both rentals und ownership housmg, and
11.'HEREAS, homeownership is the housing choi~e of many Americans whi~h IS why the Dublin City Council has
supported, along with the other Tri-Valley cities, the creation of the Housing Opportunity Center to provide education
and aSSlstance to interested homebuyers, and
WHEREAS, with the cost of purchasing a home in the City of Dublin rising beyond the Cost of Lwing for the area,
homeownership remains one of the primary goalsfor the Dublin City Council, and
WHEREAS, the Dublin City Council supports the ability of residents and residents' children to purchase and remain in
the City of Dublin, and
11'HEREAS, the new City of Dublin First Time Homebuyer Loan Program will prvmde financial assistance to
residents, residents' children and newfumilies moving to Dublin in the purchase of their first home in Dublin, and
lVHEREAS, this new First Time Homebuyer Loan Program will augment the City's e-usting housing programs tv
further improve the quality and variety of hOUSing programs offered by the City of Dublin; and
lVHEREAS, the Dublin City Council, as evidenced by the variety and quality of the City's Housing Programs, has a
strong commitment to planning for housing for everyone in the community,
NOll/, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that 1, Janet Lockhart, Mayor of Dublin, on behalf of the entire City
Council, hereby proclaim the week of May 12 - May 21,2006 as ~Affol'dable Housing 11'eek" in the City of Dublin,
and calls upon all residents of the City of Dublin to learn about and honor the contributions of affordable housing by
partlcipating in activities held throughout the week to commemorate this observance,
DATED' May 16,2006
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