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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 109-2024 which authorizes the County to continue to participate in the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) program funding, administered by California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), for the 2023 PLHA Allocation Program Formula Component, and approves HHSA to submit an Amendment to the County’s existing 5-Year PLHA Program Plan; and
2) Delegate authority to the HHSA Director, or Chief Assistant Director, to accept the 2023 PLHA funding, if awarded, and execute the resulting grant agreement, as well as any amendments thereto, and to execute subsequent administrative documents related to said award, including fiscal and programmatic reports, through the completion of the Amended 5-Year PLHA Program Plan, with no change to the five-year estimated amount of $2,879,974, contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management approval as applicable.
FUNDING: 100% State Funds administered through HCD by way of fees imposed through California Senate Bill 2 (Chapter 364, Statutes of 2017); no matching funds are required.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On February 26, 2020, HCD issued the first PLHA program Notice of Funding for Applications (NOFA) pursuant to SB 2 (Chapter 364, Statutes of 2017), which established funding and authorized HCD to allocate 70 percent of moneys collected and deposited, beginning in calendar year 2019, to local governments for eligible housing and homelessness activities. The intent of the bill is to provide a permanent, on-going source of funding to local governments for housing-related projects and programs that assist in addressing the unmet housing needs of their local communities.
In accordance with the PLHA guidelines issued by HCD, applicants were required to develop and submit a five-year local government plan (5-Year PLHA Plan) outlining the intended use of allocated funds. The NOFA ide...
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