DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD)
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John Dugan
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Affordable Housing Policy Changes
SUMMARY:
This item recommends the revision of the City's Affordable Housing Policy for Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) to update the City's housing programs to ensure consistency with the recently adopted five year Consolidated Plan and compliance with the HUD HOME Final Rule.
These policy improvements reflect technical assistance provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Community of Planning and Development via their OneCPD consultant, the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The current Affordable Housing Policy for CDBG and HOME incorporates the City's goals and objectives and uses the following as a foundation:
(1) HUD regulations
(2) The City's Consolidated Plan, FY 2016 - FY 2020
(3) The Strategic Plan for Community Development
(4) The Inner City Reinvestment Incentive Policy (ICRIP)
(5) REnewSA Objectives
Over the past years, several amendments have been made to the Affordable Housing Policy to improve the delivery of all CDBG and HOME funded programs. The need for additional changes to the Affordable Housing Policy is due, in part, to HUD regulatory changes to the HOME program, published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2013. Additionally, City staff and community stakeholders have identified changes needed in response to changing market conditions and programmatic issues that have resulted in allocated funds not being spent during the term of funding contracts.
ISSUE:
Staff is recommending revisions to the City's current Affordable Housing Policy in three principal areas: (1) changes to the Owner-occupied Housing Rehabili...
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