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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING HIGHLAND<br />

PARK—NEIGHBORHOODS IN BLOOM<br />

appendix F<br />

ARTICLE IV – HP-RAPP INC.<br />

1. Rehabilitate 9 blighted homes for single-family homeownership.<br />

2. Construct 2 new homes for single-family homeownership.<br />

3. Provide down payment assistance for 9 units.<br />

4. Provide assistance for 10 major rehabilitations <strong>of</strong> homeowner-occupied properties.<br />

ARTICLE V – RICHMOND REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY<br />

1. Acquire 9 blighted properties to be deeded to HPRAPP for rehabilitation to single family<br />

homeownership.<br />

2. Provide 5 major home repair/rehabilitation loans/grants for existing homeowners.<br />

ARTICLE VI – CITY’S DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT<br />

1. Continue to work in partnership with EHC, HOME INC., HPRAPP, and RRHA to provide<br />

technical assistance and ensure the successful implementation <strong>of</strong> the NIB strategy in the<br />

<strong>High</strong>land Park area.<br />

2. Work with HPRAPP and RRHA to designate <strong>High</strong>land Park as a HUD Neighborhood<br />

Revitalization Strategy Area (NRSA). The NRSA designation will provide greater flexibility in<br />

housing to assist in the revitalization <strong>of</strong> the <strong>High</strong>land Park target area and in the <strong>High</strong>land Park<br />

community at large.<br />

ARTICLE VII – COMMON RESPONSIBILITIES<br />

1. Attend meetings held by the <strong>High</strong>land Park governance board and other meetings as needed to<br />

provide progress updates/reports and obtain ongoing community input.<br />

2. Work together to successfully implement the City’s NIB strategy in the <strong>High</strong>land Park area.<br />

3. Work to enhance community awareness about the NIB strategy in <strong>High</strong>land Park.<br />

4. Work to ensure the maintenance <strong>of</strong> <strong>High</strong>land Parks historic, architectural and cultural integrity<br />

in the rehabilitation <strong>of</strong> properties in the <strong>High</strong>land Park target area.<br />

5. Work to hire and promote the use <strong>of</strong> qualified minority contractors under the NIB <strong>High</strong>land<br />

Park Project.<br />

SIGNATURES<br />

Carroll E. Goldsmith<br />

<strong>High</strong>land Park Southern Tip<br />

Neighborhood Association<br />

Constance Chamberlin<br />

Housing Opportunities Made Equal<br />

John Bushey<br />

ElderHomes Corporation<br />

Robert S Everton<br />

Richmond Redevelopment and Housing<br />

Authority<br />

Ellen Robertson<br />

<strong>High</strong>land Park Restoration &<br />

Preservation Program, Inc.<br />

S. Mark Strickler<br />

City <strong>of</strong> Richmond<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Community Development<br />

162 Powering the Future: <strong>High</strong>-<strong>Performance</strong> <strong>Partnerships</strong>

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