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TO: Mayor John Laesch
FROM: Chris Ragona, Director of Community Services
DATE: October 7, 2025
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the City to accept a grant award of $2,000,000 from the State of Illinois Community Development Block Grant - Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Healthy Houses Program to preserve up to six-unit (per site), landlord-owned residential properties for low- and moderate-income residents, and encourage neighborhood revitalization with an emphasis on maintaining health and safety.
PURPOSE:
To obtain City Council approval of a grant acceptance for the Healthy Houses Program to fund the installation and/or replacement of entire Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems in single and multi-family, low- and moderate- income rental housing units.
BACKGROUND:
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) offered a unique, one-time funding opportunity to provide Community Development Block Grant - Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) Healthy Houses Program grants for housing projects which preserve single and multi-family, landlord owned, low- and moderate- income units, up to six units total, and encourage neighborhood revitalization with an emphasis on health and safety. On October 22, 2024, City Council approved City staff's grant application submittal to the DCEO (R24-351).
DISCUSSION:
This $2,000,000 CDBG-CV grant will assist eligible landlords and property owners by providing funding for partial or total HVAC system replacements (includes electrical and plumbing necessary to modernize the HVAC units) in approximately 100 to 150 low- and moderate-income (LMI) rental housing units. The program is limited to properties with six or fewer units (per site) that are located within the City's corporate limits and owned by City-licensed landlords. Landlords will be required to submit an application with occupant information to confirm eligibility (at least 51% of their tenant households must be LMI). Per State budget thresholds, ...
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