DEPARTMENT: Physical Development Administration
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Approval Of Amendments To Dakota County Consortium HOME Program And Dakota County Community Development Block Grant Program
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
* Approval of substantial amendments to the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) budgets, including available program income for Program Years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 to create the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity homeowner activities and the Denmark Trail Townhomes affordable rental housing activity, and cancels the Nicols Pointe affordable rental activity and the Ramsey County FirstHOME homeowner activity.
* Approval of substantial amendments to the 2020 and 2021 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Programs to create the Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity Property Acquisition activity
SUMMARY
Three types of substantial amendments to the CDBG and HOME Programs are permissible by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): 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. The Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) administers the HOME and CDBG programs on behalf of Dakota County and the Dakota County HOME Consortium, which includes the Counties of Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington, and the City of Woodbury.
HOME Program Amendments to the 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 Action Plans
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, Inc. (Habitat) applied for $400,000 of available HOME funds to assist with homeowner activities for the acquisition and rehabilitation of 10 homes located in Eagan, Hastings, Burnsville, Rosemount, and West St. Paul. Habitat will sell the homes to families meeting income eligibility requirements. The partnership between the CDA, Dakota County and Habitat has proven successful in permanently housing families in Dakota County in the past...
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