Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a subrecipient agreement with the Community Shelter Board (CSB) in an amount up to $325,000.00 for the Tenant Base Rental Assistance Program and authorizes the payment of expenses starting January 1, 2021.
The City provides annual funding to CSB for their Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program, which provides rental assistance to those who are homeless or in danger of being homeless in our community.
Funding for this 2021 agreement shall be from the 2020 HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) program income received in program year 2020.
This legislation represents appropriation for the HOME portion of the 2021 Action Plan, per Ordinance 2345-2020. Passage of this ordinance is contingent upon passage of the 2021 Action Plan ordinance.
Emergency action is requested in order to ensure uninterrupted services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds in the amount of $325,000.00 are available as program income, cash on hand, in the 2020 HOME Grant (G451903). The unappropriated balance of this fund and grant (G451903), program income only, is approximately $800,455.00.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: The vendor’s vendor number is 004795 and expires 1/8/2021.
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To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $325,000.00 from the 2020 HOME Investment Partnerships grant program income; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a subrecipient agreement with the Community Shelter Board in an amount up to $325,000.00 for the Tenant Base Rental Assistance Program and authorize the payment of expenses starting January 1, 2021; and to declare an emergency. ($325,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus expects to continue as a participating jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for 2021; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is the recipient of HOME Investment Partnerships funds from the U.S. Department of...
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