DEPARTMENT: Physical Development Administration
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Approval Of Substantial Amendments To 2021 Dakota County HOME Investment Partnerships American Rescue Plan And 2023 And 2024 Dakota County HOME Consortium Programs
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Approve substantial amendments to the 2021 HOME Investment Partnerships American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) and the 2023 and 2024 HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Programs.
SUMMARY
Dakota County receives an annual HOME grant and received a one-time grant of HOME-ARP through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) administers the HOME and HOME-ARP Programs on behalf of Dakota County and the Dakota County HOME Consortium, which includes the counties of Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington and the City of Woodbury.
There are three types of substantial amendments to the HOME and HOME-ARP Programs permissible by the HUD: the creation of a new activity or cancellation of an activity; increase or decrease of an activity budget by $100,000 or more at one time; and change to the location and/or national objective of an activity.
Dakota County received $3,000,000 of HOME-ARP funds in 2021 from the American Rescue Plan Act and originally allocated $1,500,000 to the Development of Affordable Rental Housing activity and $1,500,000 to the Acquisition and Development of Non-Congregate Shelter activity. The CDA made a contingent award of $3,000,000 to the 360 Communities Lewis House non-congregate shelter development in Eagan in 2024 (CDA Resolution No. 24-6803). To align the HOME-ARP budget with the contingent award, the proposed amendment will cancel the Rental Housing activity and move the funds to the Acquisition and Development of Non-Congregate Shelter activity for a total project budget of $3,000,000.
Additionally, HUD requires a substantial amendment when changing preferences or limitations for HOME-ARP activities. ...
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