Lehigh County Board of Commissioners, at its July 10 meeting, approved the disbursal of affordable housing trust funds to the following recipients:

• Allentown Housing Authority for redevelopment of 671 Lawrence Court, $75,000

• Catholic Charities for case management with emergency rent and mortgage assistance, $30,000

• Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley for homeownership counseling and mortgage counseling and mitigation, $33,302.15

• Lehigh County Department of Community and Economic Development for home inspection for low-to-moderate income homeowners and related services, $10,003.85

• Habitat for Humanity Lehigh Valley for underwriting costs for eight homes on the 600 block of Tacoma Street, Allentown, $100,000

• Housing Association and Development Corporation for construction of four new owner-occupied townhouses on the corner of North and Penn streets, $150,930

• New Bethany Ministries for renovation to Columbia House, $33,000

• North Penn Legal Services for costs enabling low-income clients to maintain affordable and habitable housing, $10,000

In other business, the board gave a first reading approval, by an 8-0 vote, for Jaindl Properties LLC to lease the first floor of the Hamilton Financial Center Building, 640 Hamilton St., Allentown.

The 10-year lease stipulates increasing rent to range from $29,700 the first year to $34,805 in the final year.

“I was sorry to see Johnny’s Bagels move out of the Hamilton Financial Center,” Commissioner Dr. Percy Dougherty said. “With Jaindl Properties, we have a really good tenant moving in.”

“They will be advertising their waterfront development projects,” he said. “They want to have a very visible space downtown.”

Commissioners reappointed William L. Royer and Arland Schantz to the Lehigh County Conservation District. Their terms expire Dec. 31, 2022.