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Episode: College Station city council discussion before a majority vote to spend grant money to buy a home for low income renters
Description: This podcast contains comments from the January 8, 2026 College Station city council meeting.A College Station city council majority approves spending grant money to buy a home to be renovated as a rental for low-income residents.The council's six to one vote followed councilwoman Melissa McIlhaney's attempt to use the grant money to buy and renovate the three bedroom home for future sale to a lower income buyer.David Brower with the city's community development office says the expected rent for the home in the Midtown district of $1,100 dollars a month will allow the renters...