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Hold a public hearing on a Substantial Amendment to Annual Action Plans for Program Years 2017, 2021, 2022, and 2023 to reprogram HOME funds to provide for affordable housing activities and to remove the City's requirement under the 2020-24 Consolidated Strategic Plan for HUD Certified Housing Counseling to provide services to recipients as a provision of the HOME Program Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA).
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DATE: June 3, 2025
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Tiffanie McNair, Executive Director of Community Development
SUBJECT: A reprogramming of HOME funds for affordable housing activities and the removal of the City's requirement for recipients of Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) to receive housing counseling from a HUD Certified Housing Counselor as a provision to receiving TBRA assistance.
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
A request was made to HUD to convert prior year Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) set-asides to Entitlement funds as staff has been unable to identify eligible CHDOs. Once converted, funds can be allocated and expended on other eligible activities in a timelier manner. Staff has received approval from HUD and the Office of Affordable Housing Programs for the conversion. The Ft. Hood Area Habitat for Humanity was recommended for funding in FY 2023 for the purchase of lots to construct homes but, did not execute a funding agreement due to a long- lasting project delay and other pending commitments. In addition, due to the use of HOME program income prior to the use of Entitlement funds for expenditures, Entitlement funds from FY 2017 were identified and available for reprogramming. On April 3, 2025, the Community Development Advisory Committee met to discuss and consider the reprogramming of the 2017 funds in the amount of $1,573.80, the reprogramming of the converted CHDO funds in the amount of $162,059.55 and the Ft. Hood Area Habitat for Humanity allocation in the amount of $456,007.68 to fund aff...
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