Title:
Title
(Housing Authority) Approval of Homekey Program Application
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00877
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Housing Authority Resolution authorizing the Housing Authority of the City of Sacramento (Housing Authority) through its Executive Director, or Executive Director's designee, to: 1) submit an co-application, along with Jamboree Housing Corporation, to the California Department of Housing and Community Development in the amount of up to $12,500,000 for funding under the Homekey Progam; 2) execute a Standard Agreement for such funding and execute any documents necessary to participate in the Homekey Program, and any amendments thereto; and 3) amend the Housing Authority budget to receive and expend the $12,500,000 in Homekey Program funds for the acquisition, rehabilitation and operation of a motel conversion to permanent supportive housing for the homeless.
FileName
Contact: Christine Weichert, Assistant Director, (916) 440-1353; Tyrone Roderick Williams, Deputy Executive Director, (916) 440-1316, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
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Presenter: Christine Weichert, Assistant Director, (916) 440-1353, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On July 16, 2020 the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) announced that it is making $550 million available through a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Homekey Program. The Homekey Program will provide funding to cities, counties, and other local entities to convert motels, hotels, and other non-residential structures into permanent supportive housing for the State's unhoused population. The Homekey Program is funded with federal Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) which must be spent by December 30, 2020. In addition, the State is providing $50 million in General Funds to provide init...
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