Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the cancellation and appropriation of $238,479.26 within the Community Development Block Grant Fund and authorizes the expenditure of these funds for the provision of grants for projects that preserve and increase the local supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing for low-income households through the Home Modification Program under the Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund. The Home Modification Program provides accessibility modifications to the homes of eligible applicants to promote independent living.
Emergency action is requested to avoid interruptions in program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: $238,479.26 will be cancelled and appropriated within the Community Development Block Grant Fund in order to provide funds for the provision of grants for projects that preserve and increase the local supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing for low-income families through the Home Modification Program.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to partially cancel an Auditor’s Certificate; to authorize the appropriation of $238,479.26 from the Community Development Block Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $238,479.26 from the Community Development Block Grant Fund for the purpose of making grants for the Home Modification Program under the Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($238,479.26)
Body
WHEREAS, this legislation authorizes the expenditure of Community Development Block Grant funds for rehabilitation administration and for the provision of grants for projects that preserve and increase the local supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing for low-income families through the Home Modification Program; and
WHEREAS, emergency action is requested to avoid interruptions in program services; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Housing Division, in that it is immediately necessary...
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