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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Daniel Barreiro, Chief Community Services Officer
DATE: October 18, 2016
SUBJECT:
Resolution Authorizing an Amendment to the 2010 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Land Acquisition Project.
PURPOSE:
Amendment to the 2010 Annual Action Plan for the 2010 CDBG Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Land Acquisition Project.
BACKGROUND:
The CDBG funding for this project is an Amendment to the 2010 Annual Action Plan for the CDBG Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Land Acquisition Project.
DISCUSSION:
The City approved funding for the 2010 CDBG Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity Land Acquisition Project on July 13, 2010 via R10-237 (please see Attachment 3). At that time, funds in the amount of $75,248.97 were granted to Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity (FVHFH) to acquire property to provide homeownership opportunities for income-qualified households. Under this 2010 acquisition activity, funds were used to purchase land at the corner of Solfisburg Avenue and Beckwith Street and FVHFH was expected to have constructed five houses in order to provide home ownership opportunities for low to moderate income households. Since 2010, only one of the five homes has been constructed and occupied. As a result, HUD has deemed the project as incomplete as per its period of performance expectations (5-year term, expiration date: August 3, 2015; five low to moderate income owner-occupied houses).
Given the circumstances of the project's incomplete status, Staff consulted with HUD and FVHFH throughout this past year as to next steps. Due to the project's incomplete status, HUD advised the City that funds must be repaid at a prorated amount as per the unbuilt homes. FVHFH determined that while it currently had the capacity (staff, volunteer and funding) to construct an additional home within a 9-month timeframe, FVHFH was unable to commit to a completion date for the three remaining ho...
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