CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: February 6, 2020
Agenda Date: February 26, 2020
Prepared By: Ibis S. Berardi, Housing Program Manager
Through: Nancy A. Bunt, Community Services Director
Requested Action:
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Conduct a Public Hearing to obtain citizen input and comments on housing and community development needs; approve recommendations on FY2020-2021 CDBG and HOME program funding; and provide notice to solicit public comment and notice of final public hearing scheduled for May 13, 2020.
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BACKGROUND:
For FY2020-2021, the City anticipates receiving $177,490 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) as a direct entitlement. The City also anticipates receiving $65,872.88 in HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) funds from HUD as part of the Brevard County HOME Consortium, which is composed of the cities of Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay, Titusville, and Brevard County.
The use of CDBG funds must meet one (1) of the three (3) National Objectives: benefit low/moderate income persons; eliminate or prevent slums or blight; or meet urgent needs. CDBG allows a maximum of 15 percent of the grant to be allocated to a public service agency and a maximum of 20 percent of the grant be allocated for staff administration.
HOME funds can only be used to address housing needs, such as: home purchase or rehabilitation financing assistance; build or rehabilitate housing for rent or ownership; or for other reasonable and necessary expenses related to the development of non-luxury housing, including site acquisition or improvement, and demolition of dilapidated housing to make way for HOME-assisted development. Additionally, some special conditions exist with HOME funds. The City must provide a 25 percent match for every dollar of HOME funds used (except for administrative costs) from nonfederal sources and at least 15 percent must be set-aside for Community Housing Development Orga...
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