R90-114 AUTHORIZING FINAL CONVEYANCE OF TWO HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES

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�' . � ' � Homesteader Agreement SECTION A. The Homestead property, hereinafter described, will be offered to the qualified Homesteader, pursuant to a land contract executed ' by the Homesteader and the City of Decatur, providing that the Homesteader agrees to the following as minimum requirements : 1. That the Homesteader be at least 18 years of age and the head of a household. 2. To bring the hereinafter described property up to substantial compliance (basic health and safety standards ) with the City of Decatur Basic Property Maintenance Code with twelve ( 12 ) months from date hereof. 3 . To bring the hereinafter described property up to complete compliance with the City of Decatur Basic Property Maintenance Code within thirty-six ( 36 ) months after the date of execution of this agreement. ? . Homesteader will permit periodic inspections by the City of Decatur, Department of Community Development inspectors upon reasonable notice, providing for a mutually convenient time, and only during the 36 month time period in which the property is to be brought up to minimum code, for making a determination by those inspectors of whether reasonable, satisfactory progress is being made in rehabilitating the property. 5 . Homesteader agrees to surrender and quit the property and 'I thus terminate all homesteader ' s rights in the agreement, upon thirty ( 30 ) days notice by the City of Decatur, Department I of Community Development, said notice to state that the applicant has become unable or unwilling to proceed reasonably, or satisfactory progress has not been reasonably forthcoming for any other reason within the control of the Homesteader. Any Homesteader who received said notice may come before the DCDF, Inc. board, and is entitled to present any defenses to termination by reason of this section with the DCDF, Inc. Board shall at that time render a final decision. 6 . Homesteader shall move into the homestead within sixty ( 50 ) days of the date the Homesteader signed the agreement, and shall live in, occupy, and maintain the homestead according to the terms of the agreement for a period fo sixty ( 60 ) months from the date of the execution of the Agreement.