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File #: 21-0947    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 8/16/2021 In control: Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee
On agenda: 9/13/2021 Final action: 9/13/2021
Title: A resolution approving and providing for the execution of a proposed Grant Agreement between the City and County of Denver and the United States of America Department of Housing and Urban Development concerning the "HOME FY21" program and the funding therefor. Approves a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the 2021 allocation of $2,985,485 for HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) to provide for the city's housing development activities, including for building, buying, and rehabilitating affordable housing for rent or homeownership and providing direct rental assistance to low-income residents (HOST-202159909). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 9-27-21. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 8-25-21.
Indexes: Emily Lapel
Attachments: 1. RR21 0947 HOST HOME Grant, 2. CR21-0947_HOST_HOME_2021, 3. Denver+FY21+HOME+Grant+Agreement_Grantor+Signed, 4. 21-0947 Filed Resolution_HOST_HOME_2021, 5. 21-0947 - signed

Contract Request Template (Contracts; IGAs; Leases)

 

Date Submitted: 8-16-21

 

Requesting Agency: Department of Housing and Stability

                               Division:

 

Subject Matter Expert Name:

Name:         Elvis Rubio

Email:         Elvis.Rubio@denvergov.org                                                              

 

Item Title & Description:

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A resolution approving and providing for the execution of a proposed Grant Agreement between the City and County of Denver and the United States of America Department of Housing and Urban Development concerning the “HOME FY21” program and the funding therefor.

Approves a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the 2021 allocation of $2,985,485 for HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) to provide for the city's housing development activities, including for building, buying, and rehabilitating affordable housing for rent or homeownership and providing direct rental assistance to low-income residents (HOST-202159909). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 9-27-21. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 8-25-21.

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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

 

Contract Control Number: HOST-202159909

 

Vendor/Contractor Name (including any “DBA”): U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

 

Type and Scope of services to be performed:

The HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) grant from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) provides formula grants to states and localities that communities use, often in partnership with local nonprofit groups, for building, buying, and/or rehabilitating affordable housing for rent or homeownership or providing direct rental assistance to low-income people. It is the largest federal block grant to state and local governments designed exclusively to create affordable housing for low-income households.

 

The program was designed to reinforce several important values and principles of community development:

 

                     HOME's flexibility empowers people and communities to design and implement strategies tailored to their own needs and priorities.

                     HOME's emphasis on consolidated planning expands and strengthens partnerships among all levels of government and the private sector in the development of affordable housing.

                     HOME's technical assistance activities and set-aside for qualified community-based nonprofit housing groups builds the capacity of these partners.

                     HOME's requirement that grantees match 25 cents of every dollar in program funds mobilizes community resources in support of affordable housing.

 

HUD’s annual formula allocation considers the relative inadequacy of each jurisdiction's housing supply, its incidence of poverty, its fiscal distress, and other factors.

 

HOME-assisted rental housing must comply with certain rent limitations. HOME rent limits are published each year by HUD along with maximum per unit subsidy limits and maximum purchase-price limits.

 

The eligibility of households for HOME assistance varies with the nature of the funded activity.  In general, the incomes of households receiving HUD assistance must not exceed 80% AMI.  For rental housing and rental assistance, at least 90% of benefiting families must have incomes that are no more than 60% AMI. In rental projects with five or more assisted units, at least 20% of the units must be occupied by families with incomes that do not exceed 50% AMI.

 

Local HOME funds have decreased 30% since 2009. Denver’s recent HOME allocations are as follows:

 

Program

Program Year

Authorized Amount

HOME

2009

$4,384,470

HOME

2010

$4,365,893

HOME

2011

$3,845,109

HOME

2012

$2,297,539

HOME

2013

$1,913,284

HOME

2014

$1,991,195

HOME

2015

$2,222,535

HOME

2016

$2,363,638

HOME

2017

$2,362,617

HOME

2018

$3,221,104

HOME

2019

$2,935,765

HOME

2020

$3,090,873

  HOME                             2021                          $2,945,485

 

Location (if applicable):

 

WBE/MBE/DBE goals that were applied, if applicable (construction, design, Airport concession contracts):

 

Are WBE/MBE/DBE goals met (if applicable)?

 

Is the contract new/a renewal/extension or amendment?

 

Was this contractor selected by competitive process or sole source?

                     

For New contracts

Term of initial contract: FY 2021

 

Options for Renewal:

                     How many renewals (i.e. up to 2 renewals)?

                     Term of any renewals (i.e. 1 year each):

 

Cost of initial contract term: $2,985,485

 

Cost of any renewals:

 

Total contract value council is approving if all renewals exercised:

 

For Amendments/Renewals Extensions:

Is this a change to cost/pricing; length of term; terms unrelated to time or price (List all that apply)?

 

If length changing

What was the length of the term of the original contract?

 

What is the length of the extension/renewal?

 

What is the revised total term of the contract?

 

If cost changing

What was the original value of the entire contract prior to this proposed change?

 

What is the value of the proposed change?

 

What is the new/revised total value including change?

 

If terms changing

Describe the change and the reason for it (i.e. compliance with state law, different way of doing business etc.)