Title
Joint resolution approving the second amendment to the 2019 United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan (AAP).
Staff Summary
• The CARES Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020 to alleviate the immediate needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act includes up to $5,000,000,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and $4,000,000,000 of Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding.
• As an entitlement community Lake County will receive an additional $1,709,120 of CDBG and $777,472 of ESG funds from the first allotment of this funding.
• HUD requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) and associated amendments to govern expenditure of federal housing and community development funding for each program year.
• The Second Amendment to the Program Year 2019 (PY 2019) Annual Action Plan (AAP) incorporates the CARES Act funding and allocates $777,472 of ESG funds to support shelter, rapid rehousing and program administration. The amendment also includes $1,591,824 of CDBG funds to support: rental assistance, legal services, housing counseling, food banks, emergency small business loans and program administration.
• The Second Amendment to the PY 2019 Annual Action Plan (AAP) reallocates $88,732 in 2019 HOME funds approved for the Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) Owner Occupied Rehabilitation Program (OORP) to the CPAH Down-payment Assistance Program (DAP).
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, HUD requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan and associated amendments to govern the expenditure of federal funding; and
WHEREAS, the passing of the CARES Act has resulted in the allocation of $1,709,120.00 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and $777,472.00 of Emergency Solution Grant (ESG) funds to Lake County.
WHEREAS, the purpose of the additional CDBG and ESG funding is to address community needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
WHEREAS, the allocation of these funds requires an amendment to the Program Year 2019 (PY19) Annual Action Plan (AAP).
WHEREAS, the proposed 2nd amendment to the PY19 AAP allocates ESG funding to support shelter activities (PADS of Lake County $250,000; A Safe Place $100,000), rapid rehousing (Catholic Charities $349,725) and program administration ($77,747).
WHEREAS, the proposed 2nd amendment to the PY19 AAP allocates CDBG funding to support rental assistance (Catholic Charities $250,000; Community Action Partnership $200,000; Community Partners for Affordable housing $250,000), legal services (Prairie State Legal Services $100,000; North Shore Legal Aid Clinic $50,000); information and referral (United Way 211 $100,000); food banks (Northern Illinois Food Bank $200,000); emergency small business loans (Black Chamber of Commerce of Lake County $100,000) and program administration ($321,824).
WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC), at its meeting on April 29, 2020, recommended approval of this amendment to the Annual Action Plan for 2019.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board of Lake County, Illinois, this second amendment to the 2019 HUD Action Plan is hereby approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Lake County Board or her designee is hereby authorized to execute the necessary documents to implement these changes and to complete the amendment process.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, May 12, 2020.