Erie Housing Authority gives city $64,400

The city of Erie received a holiday gift from the Erie Housing Authority today: a payment of $64,400 in lieu of taxes.

 

The authority also paid the city $467,931 this year to support various services and functions, including $400,000 for supplementary police patrols in public housing, $62,931 for systematic code enforcement around public housing neighborhoods, and $5,000 for CelebrateErie and the Farmers Market.

Erie County and the Erie School District also will receive payments from the authority in amounts of $25,339.13 and $80,692.96..

"Although the Housing Authority is, by law, exempt from real estate taxes, we make these payments to the taxing bodies for the services they provide to public housing residents," authority Executive Director John Horan said in a written statement. "Providing financial support to our local governing bodies is the right thing to do even though we are tax exempt."

 

The Housing Authority of the City of Erie (HACE) exists to provide safe, decent, and affordable housing for lower-income families, elderly and persons with disabilities; and to foster among the they serve economic self-sufficiency, and a sense of community and pride in the neighborhoods where they reside.  This is from their website.