Title
Commission action adopting a policy for demolition/clearance activities utilizing Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and/or Lake County Affordable Housing Program (LCAHP) funds.
Staff Summary
• Demolition and clearance activities are eligible for CDBG and LCAHP funding using the Low/Moderate Income Housing (LMH), Low/Moderate Income Area (LMA) Benefit, or Spot Blight (SBS) National Objective.
• Each National Objective has unique eligibility criteria and long-term obligations for subrecipients. Most notably, the LMH National Objective requires creation of housing for low-moderate income families.
• The proposed Demolition Funding Policy addresses the HCDC concern that grant awards for demolition be accompanied by appropriate long-term obligations (e.g. creation of affordable housing) by establishing in the housing application scoring process a lower score for demolition projects that aren’t in support of affordable housing.