Title
Joint resolution approving the Eighth Amendment to the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Program Year 2019 (PY19) Annual Action Plan (AAP).
Staff Summary
* 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.
* Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus relief funds (CDBG-CV) and Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus relief funds (ESG-CV) activities are included in the PY19 AAP regardless of the program year the activities are initiated.
* The proposed amendment includes the following changes:
o Reduction in funding in the amount of $416,485 for acquisition of a fixed site shelter (PADS Lake County).
o Reduction in funding in the amount of $10,515 for legal services (Prairie State Legal Services).
o Allocation of $227,000 for rental assistance program delivery (Catholic Charities).
o Allocation of $200,000 for hotel shelter costs (PADS Lake County).
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) requires the submission of an Annual Action Plan (AAP) to govern the expenditure of federal entitlement funding; and
WHEREAS, an amendment to the AAP is required to substantially change the purpose, location, scope or beneficiaries of a project; and
WHEREAS, Lake County received CDBG-CV relief funds and ESG-CV relief funds from HUD to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the spread of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, CDBG-CV and ESG-CV reporting to HUD is included in the PY 2019 AAP regardless of the program year the activities are initiated; and
WHEREAS, the proposed eighth amendment to the PY 2019 AAP reallocates a total of $427,000 of CDBG-CV funds from a fixed site shelter (PADS Lake County $416,485) and legal services (Prairie State Legal Services $10,515) into rental assistance program delivery (Catholic Charities $227,000) and emergency hotel shelter (PADS Lake County $200,000).
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