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Resolution authorizing the County Board Chairman or her designee to execute the necessary documents to accept the recent award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s nation-wide HOME CHDO Competition for energy efficient and environmentally-friendly “green” affordable housing for low income families in the amount of $250,000; authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $250,000 in Fund 740 (Mgt Ctr 2920010) for the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Grant; and authorizing the County Board Chairman or her designee to execute contracts with subrecipient entities for the expenditure of those funds.
Staff Summary
· The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) made available through a nation-wide HOME CHDO Competition over $1 million dollars for the development of energy efficient and environmentally-friendly “green” affordable housing for low income families from reallocated Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) Reservation Set-aside funds.
· The County Board approved a resolution on June 10, 2008 authorizing the submittal of an application under this Competition.
· Included within the prescribed application competition requirements where the identification of two CHDO designated project sponsor activities:
· Habitat for Humanity Lake County, a Lake County CHDO agency, for the construction of 10 new duplex HOME funded Energy Star certified housing units.
· Youthbuild Lake County, a Lake County CHDO agency, for the construction of 4 new single-family HOME funded Energy Star certified housing units.
· Lake County received notification from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on September 2, 2008 awarding $250,000 for these two activities.
· This Resolution authorizes Lake County to accept the HOME CHDO Competition award of additional HOME funds, appropriate the $250,000 for this award, and to execute subrecipient contracts with these two agencies.
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Departm...
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