Resolution 2023-05RESOLUTION NO. 2023-05(R)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, EVIDENCING SUPPORT
FOR A PROPOSED RENT BASED COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE
ECONOMICALLY ATTAINABLE RENTAL HOUSING FOR LOW TO
MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS; LOCATED AT 511 W. BROWN STREET.
WHEREAS, Agape Resource & Assistance Center, Inc. a nonprofit corporation that provides
housing and transitional services to homeless single women, moms and their children has proposed a new
residential development to be located at 511 W. Brown Street, Wylie, Collin County, Texas 75098. The
proposed community is to be named Jericho Village; and
WHEREAS, Agape Resource & Assistance Center, Inc. a nonprofit corporation has or will submit
an Affordable Housing Program application to the Federal Home Loan Bank for Jericho Village; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie seeks to encourage and maintain community
diversity by ensuring housing choices and homebuyer opportunities to meet the needs of persons of different
ages, income and/or social and economic backgrounds and different household and family structures; and
WHEREAS, Jericho Village, a new construction development of an urban village of 38 units of
affordable apartments to be located at 511 W. Brown Street; and
WHEREAS, Jericho Village will provide apartments with rents based on household income as a
percent of Area Median Income with a goal to provide economically attainable rental housing for very low,
low and moderate income households; and
WHEREAS, Jericho Village will also provide certain Empowerment Support Services on site that
will be available to all residents in Jericho Village. These Empowerment Support Services, including such
services as financial literacy education, budget coaching, and assistance with access to childcare,
transportation and workforce education, are provided to help residents increase household economic
stability; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Wylie, Texas has determined that Jericho Village meets the City
of Wylie's community development objectives to sustain affordable housing, reduce household cost burden
and fits the affordable housing vision of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas recognizes that there is a need for
affordable housing to meet the needs of all persons within the City of Wylie, especially for very low to
moderate income households, and that City Council supports the proposed application and encourages the
development of Jericho Village.
SECTION 2: The City Manager is authorized to take any reasonable and necessary action to
effectuate the direction and intention of this Resolution.
SECTION 3: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
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DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, this 11th
day of April, 2023.
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atthew Porter, Mayor
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Stephanie Storm, City Secretary /7
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