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TO: Mayor John Laesch
FROM: Chris Ragona, Director of Community Services, Community Services Department
DATE: July 2, 2025
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving Project Recommendations Funded from Year One of the Aurora Affordable Housing Fund in the Amount of $400,000.
PURPOSE:
On behalf of the Block Grant Working Committee (BGWC), Staff requests approval for 2025 Projects funded by the Aurora Affordable Housing Fund (AAHF) by resolution. This approval is necessary in order to award and process 2025 projects
BACKGROUND:
2025 is the first year in which the AAHF will provide funding to a variety of programs that preserve and create affordable housing in the City of Aurora. This fund was created based on nine (9) recommendations identified in the city's affordable housing strategy document completed in 2024. Additional information on each of the nine recommendations identified in the strategy can be found in Exhibit A. This first year of the AAHF will primarily focus on recommendations #7, #8, and #9 by first establishing an affordable housing fund, creating a new program to assist tenants in finding housing, and enhancing the City's existing Down Payment Assistance (DPA) Program.
Aurora Tenant Assistance Placement (ATPA) Program
The ATPA Program was designed to provide flexible funding to prospective tenants seeking housing within the City. In a competitive rental market with few vacancies, households seeking to find a home are often overlooked if they have a lower credit score, a prior eviction, are currently homeless, have non-traditional income such gig work or non-salary pay, and other barriers that prevent them from being selected. By contracting with trusted housing agencies who can advocate on behalf of households who face challenges in their housing searches, the housing agency can offer incentives to landlords such as additional security deposits, one time upfront payments, or other flexible payments depending on the circumstances. Federal f...
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