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Rental Portfolio Inspection Remedies
Staff Summary
• Community Development recently hired County inspectors to examine the compliance of all grant-funded housing projects with both HUD requirements and the County’s own property rehabilitation standards.
• Examination of previously developed rental properties indicate several necessary safety-related improvements that are eligible for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. The need for additional electric work budgeted at $10k and removal of an unsafe driveway budgeted at $3k could be covered with previously unspent CDBG funds.
• The scope of staff’s request includes the following: $10k CDBG grant to Lake County Residential Development Corporation (LCRDC) for safety repairs at over ten units of grant-funded rental housing and a $3k increase in CDBG grants to the City of Zion for driveway removal. These changes would be reflected in the final version of the 2016 Action Plan.