By JIM BUTLER

The City of Alexandria proposes amending its five-year Community Development Block Grant use plan to put more money into home rehab.

A public hearing on the proposal is scheduled for 3 p.m. May 23 at the Community Development conference room, 625 Murray Street.

Officials want to move $1.73 million from the non-performing new construction affordable rental multi-family construction account to the major rehabilitation of substandard housing program.

The objective is to make deferred repairs on more than 100 structures, rendering them safe and habitable and extending their useful life.

HOME funds are the largest federal block grant to state and local governments designed exclusively to create affordable housing for low-income households.