DEPARTMENT:
Neighborhood & Housing Services Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD:
Ver?nica R. Soto, FAICP, Neighborhood & Housing Services Department Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED:
Citywide
SUMMARY:
Discussion on the City's CARES Act Recovery & Resilience Plan and other COVID-19 Federal Interventions.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Commission has requested an update on the City's Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Recovery & Resilience Plan and other federal programs that impact or assist residents during the pandemic.
Staff will provide a briefing on the following:
* Overview and update on the Recovery & Resilience Plan
* Emergency Housing Assistance Program
* CDC Eviction Moratorium
ISSUE:
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged government at all levels to respond to new public health and socioeconomic impacts. Two critical Federal Government responses included the omnibus Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed on March 27th, 2020, as well as the September 4, 2020 Centers for Prevention and Disease Control (CDC) Order on eviction prevention.
The CARES Act established the $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) that provided direct payments from the Fund to States, cities and government entities administered by the US Department of Treasury. The City of San Antonio was awarded $269,983,717 and Bexar County received $79,626,415 from the CRF. The San Antonio City Council established the Recovery & Resilience Plan that focused the focused the funding in several key pillar areas such as workforce development, housing security, small business, and digital inclusion. The Neighborhood & Housing Services Department is overseeing the successful implementation of the $50.5 million housing security pillar. This pillar provides funding for several housing strategies including right to counsel program expansion, expansion of the emergency housing assistance program, eviction court prevention team, and the establishm...
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