CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SIXTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-25-177 ENACTMENT NO. _________________
SPONSORED BY: Joaqu?n Baca
RESOLUTION
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Appropriating Funding To Specific Affordable Housing Projects In City Council District 2 And Directing The City Administration To Facilitate The Determination That These Projects Are Qualifying Grantees (Baca)
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APPROPRIATING FUNDING TO SPECIFIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2 AND DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO FACILITATE THE DETERMINATION THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE QUALIFYING GRANTEES.
WHEREAS, following the 2025 Legislative Session, the Governor of the State of New Mexico signed into law HB 450, which, in part, appropriated $7,562,000 to "acquire land and rights of way and to plan, design, construct, furnish, equip and rehabilitate affordable, transitional and supportive housing in Albuquerque"; and
WHEREAS, the Governor and the House Majority Whip provided letters to the City Council expressing their intent for the appropriation and specific use of the funds for "affordable housing in District 2, specifically in the Downtown and Barelas areas of Albuquerque" and instructed that the scope of this appropriation includes, but is not limited to: the development, preservation, or acquisition of affordable, transitional and supportive housing units, and site preparation or infrastructure improvements necessary to support such housing; and
WHEREAS, on May 5, 2025, the City Council adopted R-25-139, which authorized and approved the $7,562,000 appropriation, subject to the State's requirements for affordable housing uses in the Downtown and Barelas Metropolitan Redevelopment Areas in Council District 2; and
WHEREAS, the City must also follow the New Mexico Department of Finance/Local Government Division process for capital outlay projects; and
WHEREAS, the "affordable housing exemption" to the Anti-Donation Clause of the New Mexico Constitution (Article IX...
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