Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to modify a Subrecipient Agreement - Not for Profit Service Contract with The Broad Street Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Ohio to add up to $200,000.00 of federal Emergency Rental Assistance 2 (ERA 2) - Stable Housing Initiative funds to provide assistance as authorized by the federal Emergency Rental Assistance program.
Ordinance 2275-2021 authorizes the City of Columbus to accept and appropriate up to $39,109,001.91 of federal Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA 2) program funds, as passed by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.
Of this amount, $47,874.00 was authorized via ordinance 1019-2023 which passed on April 24, 2023 and contract PO386264 with The Broad Street Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Ohio who, through their COMPASS-Rental Assistance program, advertised the program and made program eligibility determinations (as defined by U. S. Treasury) to qualify residents of the local community for funding in order to ensure housing stability. All provisions of PO386264 will be in effect, as this modification is simply to increase funding as the demand for assistance is so great.
Original $ 47,874.00 Ord. 1019-2023 PO386264
Modification $200,000.00
Total amount $247,874.00
Under this contract, the full amount of funding will be used to pay for COMPASS services by expanding the capacity of the program due to the increased requests for assistance from the community. Of the funds for the recipients, at least 60% of the funding will support households with an AMI at 50% or below and/or have a member of the household who has been unemployed for 90 days and up to 40% of the funding can be used for households with an AMI at 80% or below.
The Broad Street Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Ohio will continue to manage the program to provide assistan...
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