Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Tony R. Wells Foundation dba The Wells Foundation in an amount up to $65,000.00 to provide assistance to individuals facing housing instability, emergency vacate orders, or potential homelessness with funding for temporary accommodations. This grant will cover expenditures incurred prior to the execution of a purchase order and the advancement of funds per a pre-determined schedule.
The Tony R Wells Foundation will partner with The Broad Street Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Ohio and act as their fiscal manager to dispense funding to enable temporary accommodations for households with an AMI at 80% or below. Assistance may include: rental fees for storage unit, moving expenses, application fees, hotel or motel for displaced families, and/or eviction related court costs.
Through their emergency vacate program, The Broad Street Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Ohio make program eligibility determinations to qualify residents of the local community for funding in order to ensure housing stability and they will, in turn, inform the Tony R. Wells Foundation which applications are approved for funding and how much.
Funding for this program will focus on assisting displaced tenants from unsafe, unsanitary or inhabitable housing conditions. The Tony R Wells Foundation will make the payments directly to the recipients or other entities on their behalf. As such, funds will be advanced to the Tony R. Wells Foundation.
Under this agreement, funding is included for recipients’ needs and a fee for the Tony R. Wells Foundation acting as the fiscal manager.
Emergency action is requested in order to have funding available as soon as possible to assist residents who are displaced and need immediate assistance for transitional housing to prevent homelessness.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is provided within the Department of Development’...
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