DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood and Housing Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ver?nica R. Soto, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-Wide
SUBJECT:
Program Policies for HUD-Funded Affordable Housing Activities
SUMMARY:
Consideration of an Ordinance authorizing adoption of the proposed Program Policies for HUD-Funded Affordable Housing Activities
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio (the City) receives federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to include the Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships Program and Neighborhood Stabilization Program (one time award) Funding. This funding is intended to assist low to moderate income households through community development and affordable housing activities. Staff initiated a comprehensive review and update to the Program Policies for HUD-Funded Affordable Housing Activities (Program Policies), formerly known as the Affordable Housing Policy. The proposed Program Policies do not provide a funding strategy nor do they allocate funding. The proposed Program Policies are a streamlined document that reiterates the HUD statutory requirements in an easy to read format for both staff and affordable housing partners to utilize in delivering affordable housing programs.
The latest version of the Program Policies was approved by City Council on December 10, 2015.
ISSUE:
City staff initiated a comprehensive review and update to the Program Policies in order to:
* Ensure that the City's policies are comprehensive and in compliance with HUD regulations including the 2013 HOME Investment Partnerships Program Final Rule and other applicable HUD guidance that has been issued to grantees since the last update;
* Provide streamlined, consistent policies for federally funded affordable housing activities;
* Allow for more flexibility in the implementation of these activities;
* Allow for a waiver and appeal process; and
* Ensure that the public and af...
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