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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1993.08.05 - 22229MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #9 3152 AUGUST 5, 1993 BY:PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, LAWRENCE A. OBRECHT, CHAIRPERSON IN RE:COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION - FY 1992 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AMENDMENT To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, the United States Congress enacted the HOME Investment Partnerships Act, Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (P.L. 101-625) in 1990; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the County of Oakland, a fiscal year 1992 HOME grant in the amount of $1,410,000 on May 4, 1992; and WHEREAS, the County intended to use $1,198,500 (85%) of the FY 1992 HOME allocation for rehabilitation of homes owned by low- income persons and allocate $211,500 (15%) for nonprofit Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) to rehabilitate homes for subsequent sale to low income persons; and WHEREAS, subsequent to Board of Commissioners adoption of the FY 1992 HOME Program Description and Grant Agreement on June 11, 1992, congress enacted legislation revising eligible HOME program activities to allow general administrative expenses and CHDO operating expenses; and WHEREAS, the County wishes to allocate funds of CHDO's for Operating Expenses in the amount of $21,150 (an amount equal to 10% of the total CHDO set aside) thereby increasing the total funds available to CHDO's to $232,650; and WHEREAS, a FY 1992 program description of the County's plan for the HOME grant reflecting this change is included as Attachment A; and WHEREAS, the amendment does not change the total of the FY 1992 HOME grant received; and WHEREAS, the Oakland County Community Development Citizens Advisory Council has recommended approval of the amended HOME grant program description by a roll call vote of 12-0. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approve the FY 1992 HOME Program Description as amended. Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE - 7 ATTACHMENT A OAKLAND COUNTY FY 1992 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM The HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) Program is a new housing program authorized by Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (NAHA). The HOME Program is intended to expand the supply of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing for low-income persons. Oakland County has been allocated $1.41 million in HOME funds for program year (FY) 1992. Oakland County is statutorily required to set-aside 15 percent ($211,500) of the grant for Community Housing Development Organizations (CHD0s), and may use the balance for low-income housing activities, general administration (up to 10% of the grant) and CHDO Operating expenses. Oakland County's FY 1992 HOME Program is designed with three program components - 15% CHDO set-aside, rHnO Operating Expenses and County-operated Housing Rehabilitation. A. Fifteen Percent Set-aside For CHDOs CHDOs must be nonprofit. organizations that have been in existence for at least one year, with boards of directors comprised of at least one-third low-income persons, residents of low-income neighborhoods, or elected representatives of low-income organizations. CHDOs must have a "demonstrated capacity" to carry out HOME-assisted activities. CHDOs may acquire/rehabilitate existing vacant single family homes or acquire vacant property and emplace new single family modular homes for subsequent sale to qualified low income, first time home buyers. B. CHDO Operating Expenses CHDOs may receive funds for operating expenses not to exceed an amount equal to 10% of each CHDO allocation. C. County-Operated Housing Rehabilitation Component Oakland County will spend the balance of HOME funds to rehabilitate single-family homes owned by "low-income" persons (i.e. incomes not exceeding 80 percent of area median income). Only homeowners living in one of the 50 Oakland County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program participating communities will be eligible for HOME-funded rehabilitation. This program component is identical to the Community Development Block Grant Home Improvement Program. FY 1992 HOME FUNDS 15% Allocation to CHDOs $211,500 CHDO Operating Expenses 21,150 Oakland County HOME Improvement Program 1,177,350 TOTAL GRANT $1,410,000 KLR/kjf 7/2/93 CC CHDO Resolution #93152 August 5, 1993 Moved by Obrecht supported by Moffitt the resolution be adopted. AYES: Moffitt, Oaks, Obrecht, Palmer, Pernick, Powers, Price, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Aaron, Crake, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Law, McCulloch, McPherson, Miltner. (25) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted. STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on August 5, 1993 with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 5th day of Aug: 1993. LyN D. Allen, County Clerk