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HEARING - Consider adoption of a Resolution authorizing submittal of a Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Community Development Block Grant General Allocation Application to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for up to a $600,000 grant to continue to provide Housing Rehabilitation and Homeownership Assistance Loan Programs; committing $6,000 in budgeted general funds for in-kind staff support, $1,500 in permit fee waivers and $3,000 of in-kind Weatherization program services to meet the leverage/match requirement during the three-year grant term; authorize the Chairman to sign the Statement of Assurances; and if awarded, authorize the Director of Human Services to execute the grant agreement and subsequent amendments thereto that do not affect the dollar amount or the term, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
Resolution 153-2009
FUNDING: Federal CDBG Grant Funds.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: There is no cost associated with the application process. If the application is funded, it is proposed to utilize $6,000 of the Department’s County General Fund Housing Element Implementation dollars currently budgeted for this purpose to meet the cash match, $1,500 in building permit fee waivers and $3,000 in Weatherization program services during the three-year term.
Background: The County’s Housing Rehabilitation program was established in 1994 through a California State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) award approved for submittal on April 5, 1994 by Board of Supervisors Resolution #86-94. The County also established a First-Time Homebuyer Loan Program through a HCD CDBG application approved for submittal on February 4, 2003 by Board of Supervisors Resolution #024-2003. Subsequent CDBG and HOME grant funding has been awarded to allow the County to continue to provide loans to low-income households on the Programs’ waitlists.
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