Press Release

Special Session of Council to be convened Wednesday 7/6/2022 at 1pm

July 5, 2022

per Section 2.10 Procedure (b) Meetings. "...

Special meetings may be held on the call of the mayor or of three (3) or more members."

 

the Mayor has requested a special session of council be convened Wednesday 7/6/2022 at 1pm to address "the vitally important" issue of the Clerk with regard to the statutory requirements for election management.

Notices will be posted at the front entrance of the building and on social media.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS AND PRIORITIES SURVEY

June 7, 2022 ,

As a result of a recent lawsuit settlement with Fannie Mae, the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan received funds to invest in the areas of Muskegon and Muskegon Heights most affected by home mortgage foreclosures. The lawsuit alleged that, after the foreclosure crisis, Fannie Mae did not market or maintain the homes it owned through foreclosure in neighborhoods of color as well as it marketed and maintained its homes in predominantly White neighborhoods.

The settlement funds must be used to address the harm caused by the failure to maintain and market the homes in neighborhoods of color. Potential uses of the funds in the impacted neighborhoods could include, for example, programs to brush up the condition of homes, expand and improve green space, help with a down payment to buy a house, create new housing, or other neighborhood improvements.

Please complete this survey to tell us about how the settlement dollars might be used to make a difference for you and your neighborhood. The Fair Housing Center will consider your responses as it plans for potential programs to invest the settlement funds into the impacted neighborhoods. Those needs and priorities that exceed the scope of settlement investments will be passed along to your city officials.

Complete the survey here.

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