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WE HAVE A CORE I'M ON A, ON A DICE WITH, UH, UH,
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I WANT TO CALL THIS OUT.WE HAVE A QUORUM ON THE, ON THE DYES AND WE HAVE A PACE.
ALICE, UH, CALLING IN, UM, ONLY OTHER MEMBERS IS NATASHA HARPER, MADISON IT'S OFF THE DIOCESE.
I WILL NOT CALL THIS READING OF THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE TO ORDER HERE AT AUSTIN CITY HALL, 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET ON APRIL 12TH, 2020 TO THE TIME IT IS 3:05 PM.
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WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY.THE STAFF IS READY TO CALL THE SPEAKERS.
I BELIEVE THE FIRST SPEAKER IS TRACY.
YEAH, I'M HERE THREE MINUTES, I BELIEVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR FOR VENTURA VICE-CHAIR KITCHEN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS PATRICK, HOW COME AND EAST 12TH STREET HOMEOWNER WITHIN THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND EAST 12TH STREET NCCD AREA FOR ABOUT A DOZEN YEARS.
AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF KILLING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, A PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO ALIGN AND STREAMLINE THAT YOU RP AND THE NCCD IS COMING BACK TO YOU ON APRIL 21ST, AFTER A FOUR MONTH POSTPONEMENT BACK IN THE FALL OF 2021, THE CENTRAL EAST CONTACT TEAM, MY NEIGHBORS AND I TOUCHED BASE WITH YOU ABOUT A HANDFUL OF CHANGES OR POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT REPRESENTS A FAIRLY RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM THE TASK OF REGULAR REGULATORY ALIGNMENT.
AND DON'T SUPPORT THE VISION FOR A STREET OF EXISTING AND NEW RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND RETAIL USES ONE CHANGE IN PARTICULAR IMPACTS MY HOME AND MANY OTHERS AS SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEX.
AND FIRST FOUR TOWNHOME USES ARE PROPOSED TO BE PROHIBITED ON A STREET, OR RESIDENTIAL HAS A LONGSTANDING, PERSISTENT AND COMMON USE.
ALL OF THEM ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE URBAN, RURAL PLAY ENVISION.
ALL OF THEM CONTRIBUTE TO THE STABILITY AND PLACEMAKING OF EAST CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN.
AND THIS PORTION OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT, THEY ARE OCCUPIED BY LONG-TERM.
AS IN 60 YEARS, HOMEOWNERS, RENTERS, AND NEW NEIGHBORS.
IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR USE SHOULD BE DISALLOWED OR JEOPARDIZED IN ANY WAY.
THE ORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS URGE YOU TO ENSURE THAT THE LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES CURRENTLY PERMITTED AND ESTABLISHED ON NEARLY HALF OF EAST 12TH STREET REMAIN FULLY PERMITTED, SINGLE FAMILY, DUPLEX AND TOWNHOME.
THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD CREATED A SAVE AND ACCEPT CARVE-OUT AND ITS DRAFT DOCUMENTS TO CONVEY WHAT THEY THINK WILL BE CONFORMING STATUS FOR OUR EXISTING USES.
BUT WOULD YOU WANT YOUR HOMES LEGALITY AND YOUR ABILITY TO IMPROVE IT, ENSURE IT AND CONVEY IT TO OTHERS TO REST IN A LINE OR TWO AND A PLAN.
SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE IRB TO TRY TO ENSURE OUR FULL RIGHTS AS SIMPLE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO KEEP THESE USES PERMITTED.
THIS PROCESS BEGAN AS AN ASSIGNMENT FOR THE STAFF AND THE IRB TO ALIGN YOUR BIN RENEWAL PLAN WITH EACH OF THE 11TH AND 12TH STREET NCDS.
WE HEARD OVER AND OVER THAT THE EAST 12TH STREET NCCD ISN'T CHANGING SOMEHOW RECOMMENDATIONS BROUGHT BY STAFF, TOOK US TO A PLACE WHERE A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS ARE POTENTIALLY FACING A HUGE CHANGE THAT IS WHOLLY UNNECESSARY.
WE ASKED THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON, AND YOU ALL SUPPORT KEEPING THESE USES PERMITTED.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE.
AND OCEAN LOOKS FORWARD TO TOUCHING BASE WITH YOU ON THIS AND OTHER CONCERNS ON APRIL 21ST.
MY COMMENTS ARE PRIMARILY RELATED TO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY THE
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COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.I WANTED TO CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN FYI, 2122 ACTION PLAN, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S ON PAGE 1 0 5 AND 2 24, THAT SPEAKS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
IT SPECIFIES THAT IT WAS TO IMPLEMENT HOUSING GOALS OUTLINED IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT, AND IT'S SPECIFIED AFFORDABLE HOUSING CITY LIGHTS AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES.
HOWEVER, IN THE MEDIA, AND AS IT RELATED TO THE DISTRICT JUDGES RULING, WHICH IS REFERENCED IN THE BACKUP, IT APPEARS THAT IT'S PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE PROTEST RIGHTS OF HOMEOWNERS.
SO I WOULD ASK WHEN YOU UPDATE THE PLAN THAT YOU ACTUALLY PUT ACCURATE INFORMATION THERE, IT ALSO MENTIONS THE SMART HOUSING INCENTIVES.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE IT AS SPECIFIES HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS.
AND TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT PLAN IS ABOUT, UH, OVER A DECADE, OH, IT'S 2008.
AND SO THE CITY IS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT PLACING INDIVIDUALS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEXT TO TRANSIT.
THEN IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PRIORITIZE UPDATING THE GUIDE THAT A SMART GUIDE IS SO OLD THAT IT SHOWS $125,000 AS IT RELATES TO THE HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
I WOULD ALSO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE LANGUAGE IN THE BUILDING, STRONGER COMMUNITIES THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH TALKS ABOUT ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF COVID-19 AND USING HOUSING VOUCHERS TO MOVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOW INCOME AND IN NEED OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE CONCENTRATED AREAS OF LOW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO, AS YOU'RE RELATING YOU GET YOUR UPDATE ON, UH, THE GOALS FROM THE F Y 2021 PLAN.
I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO CONSIDER HELPING TRAVIS COUNTY WITH THE 4,876 HOMELESS.
THESE PEOPLE ARE, UM, LIKELY TO BECOME HOMELESS.
IT'S THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS.
IT SHOWS THAT YOU ACTUALLY EXTENDED, UH, ABOUT $5 MILLION FOR OVER 4,000 APPLICATIONS.
UM, BUT THE COUNTY NEEDS HELP.
AND I WOULD LASTLY JUST ASK YOU TO EXPOUND ON THE TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE AND THE HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, WHICH IS ON PAGE 13 OF 26 OF THE BACKUP.
IT APPEARS THAT YOU HAD AN ACTUAL OF 2 97, UM, BUT YOU HAD A GOAL OF 527.
SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THE TENANTS WHO YOU PROJECTED TO HELP ARE NOT BEING HELPED IN THE CITY HAS YET TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE NEEDING A RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AND AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESS, UM, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO SPECIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN YOU GET TO THE $11.4 MILLION FOR THE BEST SPENDING PLANS.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS MY TIME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, UH, THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS AND MY, UM, SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE BUILDING STRONGER IS ACTUALLY FEDERAL REGISTER DATED MAY 17TH, 2021.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[1. Approve the minutes of the February 22, 2022 Housing and Planning Committee meeting.]
NOW WE'LL GO INTO, UM, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND MOTION HAD BEEN MADE IN THE SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR ARM, EVERYONE ON THE DYE AS PAT VOTED FOR IT, EXCEPT FOR NATASHA HARPER MADISON.
SHE STOPPED THE GUYS THIS WEEK.
UM, COLLEAGUES WOULD I HAVE A REQUEST FROM ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES ON COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN.
SHE HAS AN, A VERY IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT THAT SHE HAS TO LEAVE,
[5. Briefing on process and status of hotel acquisition and conversion to permanent supportive housing.]
AND SHE REQUESTED THAT WE MOVE UP ON THE AGENDA, ITEM FIVE, THE BRIEFING ON THE PROCESS AND STATUS OF HOPE, HOTEL, ACQUISITION, AND CONVERSION OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ONTO THEIR ENTIRE STAFF.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT IF YOU CAN, UH, COME FORWARD AND MAKE, UH, MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M JAMIE MAE AND THE ACTING HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
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TODAY.I'M GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE HOTEL CONVERSION PROCESS AND, UH, PROVIDED A STATUS UPDATE ON THE THREE HOTELS THAT ARE UNDER CONVERSION RIGHT NOW AT THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR 2019 NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT TEAM BEGAN DISCUSSING THE POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF A HOTEL FOR CONVERSION TO HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE SPRING OF 2020, THE CITY OF AUSTIN PURCHASED ITS FIRST HOTEL WITH AN ACCUMULATION OF CDBG FUNDS FROM PREVIOUS GRANT YEARS.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR COUNCIL APPROVED THE ACQUISITION OF THREE ADDITIONAL HOTELS SPECIFICALLY FOR CONVERSION TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
TWO OF THESE HOTELS WERE IDENTIFIED AND PURCHASED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES.
THE THIRD WAS BROUGHT TO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AS AN APPLICATION FOR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE BY FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, SINCE THESE ACQUISITIONS WERE COMPLETED, STAFF HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY TO PREPARE EACH HOTEL FOR SERVICE TODAY.
I HELPED TO EXPLAIN THAT PROCESS, INCLUDING THE STEPS THAT STAFF HAS TAKEN TO DATE, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE TAKE PLACE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, DOES THIS WORK? THERE WE GO.
FIRST, WE WILL REVIEW EACH OF THE HOTELS WE ARE DISCUSSING AND THEIR APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS.
NEXT WE'LL DISCUSS THE OVERALL PROCESS FOR CONVERSION AND THE MAJOR COST CATEGORIES.
THEN WE'LL GO A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE DETAIL OF THE, OF EACH PROCESS.
AND FINALLY, WE WILL PROVIDE A STATUS UPDATE FOR EACH HOTEL CONVERSION PROJECT.
AS A REMINDER, WE'RE DISCUSSING THESE THREE HOTELS TODAY, THE AR BUNGALOWS AT CENTURY PARK.
THERE ARE BUNGALOWS AT CENTURY PARK LOCATED ON THE MOPAC SERVICE ROAD BETWEEN HOWARD LAND AND PALMER LANE PECAN GARDENS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS, 180 3 AND SIX 20 AND BALCONIES TERRACE LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MOPAC.
AND 360 EACH HOTEL WILL FOLLOW A SIMILAR PROCESS WITH AT LEAST FIVE SEPARATE TRANSACTIONS, REQUIRING FIVE SEPARATE LEGAL DOCUMENTS.
THESE TRANSACTIONS WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT EACH PROPERTY HAS THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO MEET THE CAPITAL EXPENSES, OPERATING EXPENSES AND SERVICE EXPENSES WHILE NO INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTION IS DEPENDENT ON THE OTHER.
THE TIMING OF EACH IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THE CONVERSION IS COMPLETED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THE FIVE STEPS TO THIS PROCESS ARE ONE SECURING THE VOUCHERS TO REHABILITATING THE PROPERTY, THREE TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY TO HFC OR AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOR EXECUTING THE OPERATING AGREEMENT AND FIVE EXECUTING THE SERVICE CONTRACT.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE VOUCHERS.
FIRST VOUCHERS PROVIDE THE RECURRING SOURCE OF FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THE OPERATION OF THE FACILITY.
AS THESE PROPERTIES WILL SERVE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
FEW, IF ANY RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY EVEN A PORTION OF THEIR RENT OVER THE LAST YEAR, THAT HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS AWARDED PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS TO ALL THREE OF THESE PROPERTIES TO ACCEPT THESE VOUCHERS AND ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH HACA.
EACH PROPERTY MUST UNDERGO AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AS WELL AS THE SUBSIDY LAYERING REVIEW.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS TO ENSURE FEDERAL FUNDS ARE NOT USED ON PROPERTIES THAT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THE SUBSIDY LAYERING REVIEW IS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPERTIES DO NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM FEDERAL SUBSIDY PER UNIT AND IMPORTANT STEP AS EACH OF THESE PROPERTIES WILL HAVE MULTIPLE SOURCES OF FEDERAL FUNDS, BOTH REVIEWS TAKE SIGNIFICANT TIME AND RESOURCES AND REQUIRE SEVERAL WEEKS, SEVERAL WEEKS FOR HUD TO REVIEW COMMENT AND APPROVE.
ONCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUBSIDY AND LAYERING REVIEWS ARE COMPLETE AND APPROVED, THE REHABILITATION MAY BEGIN FOR THE TWO HOTELS CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
A SERVICE AGREEMENT IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT.
THESE, THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT WILL PHYSICALLY CONVERT THE HOTEL UNITS TO PERMANENT RESIDENTIAL UNITS BY ADDING KITCHENETTES AND SINKS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THESE CONTRACTS WILL BE FUNDED USING THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS.
THESE AGREEMENTS WILL BE BASED UPON THE SCOPE OF WORK AS PROVIDED BY THE ENTITY CHOSEN TO MANAGE THE PROPERTY.
THEN AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION WILL FINALIZE THE TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY TO H F C OWNERSHIP.
THE REASON FOR THIS TRANSFER IS TWOFOLD.
FIRST TO CONVEY THE PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT NECESSARY TO KEEP THE OPERATING EXPENSES IN LINE WITH THE PROJECTED REVENUES FROM THE VOUCHERS, THE PROPERTY MUST BE OWNED BY A PUBLIC ENTITY.
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OF FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, THIS TRANSFER WAS ENVISIONED AS PART OF THE INITIAL APPLICATION FOR ACQUISITION FUNDS FOR THE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES.THIS TRANSFER BEGAN BRINGS THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS INTO THE SAME PORTFOLIO AS SEVERAL OTHER PUBLICLY OWNED RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, SUCH AS A SPARROW AT RUTLAND AND V KALEENA.
THIS ALIGNMENT WILL ENSURE THIS SOUND LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
ONCE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO HFC, THE FINAL PIECES CAN BE PUT INTO PLACE, THE OPERATING AGREEMENT AND THE SERVICES AGREEMENT.
THE OPERATING AGREEMENT WILL DEFINE THE OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PART PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS THE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS THAT WILL FLOW TO THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AS OWNER WILL ENFORCE THIS AGREEMENT AND VERIFY THAT THE PROPERTY IS MAINTAINED AND THE FINANCES PROVIDE A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF FUNDS.
IN THE EVENT OF A CAPITAL NEED, SUCH AS A NEW ROOF OR MAJOR REPAIR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH EXPECTS TO HAVE SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR ALL THREE PROPERTIES BEFORE THE REHABILITATION WORK IS COMPLETE.
THESE SERVICE CONTRACTS WILL ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE SUITE OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES NECESSARY TO PREVENT A RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS.
AND NOW I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE STATUS OF EACH OF THE HOTELS.
FIRST WE'LL DISCUSS BUNGALOWS AT CENTURY PARK.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON MOPAC BETWEEN HOWARD LANES AND PARMER LANE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE MANAGED BY INTEGRAL INTEGRAL CARE.
UH, WE HAVE INTEGRAL CARE WAS AWARDED 50 PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS BY HAKA ON APRIL 1ST IN 2021.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HAS BEEN APPROVED BY HUD AND THE SUBSIDY LAYER AND REVIEW IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY HUT.
WE EXPECT THAT WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, THE REHAB CONTRACT FOR THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY CITY LAW DEPARTMENT.
AND WE EXPECT THE TRANSFER TO HFC TO OCCUR SOMETIME IN THE NEXT MONTH.
PECAN GARDENS IS THE PROPERTY, UH, LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 180 3 AND SIX 20.
THIS IS THE A PROPERTY TO BE MANAGED BY FAMILY ELDERCARE.
THIS PROPERTY WAS ALSO AWARDED 50 PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS BY HAKA IN FEBRUARY 23RD, 2022.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HAS, WE ARE EXPECTING THE APPROVAL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN MAY 12TH, 2022.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT APPROVAL, WE WILL, WE WILL SUBMIT THESE SUBSIDY LAYERING REVIEW TO HUD FOR THEIR REVIEW, AND WE EXPECT 30 TO 45 DAYS AFTER THAT SUBMITTAL FOR THE FINAL APPROVAL.
AFTER WE GET THE FINAL APPROVAL OF OUR SUBSIDY LAYER OF REVIEW FROM HUD, THEN THE REHABILITATION CAN BEGIN.
WE WILL BE USING THE INTEGRAL CARE CONTRACT FOR SUBSIDY, FOR THE REHABILITATION AS A TEMPLATE TO BUILD OUT THE, UH, CONTRACT FOR REHABILITATION FOR PECAN GARDENS.
SO THAT SHOULD EXPEDITE THE PROCESS A BIT.
FINALLY, WE DO EXPECT HUD APPROVAL IN JUNE WITH, UH, CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING, SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND BALCONIES TERRACE IS THE THIRD.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES BROUGHT TO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION FOR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AWARD.
THIS PROPERTY WAS ALSO AWARDED 25 PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS BY A HAKA, AN ADDITIONAL 25 VASH VOUCHERS.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HAS BEEN APPROVED BY HUD.
THE SUBSIDY LAYER AND REVIEW IS CURRENTLY WITH HUD.
WE EXPECT THAT APPROVAL SHORTLY FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES HAS ALSO APPLIED FOR MULTI-FAMILY DIRECT LOAN FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE PROPERTY.
AND WE EXPECT THIS PROPERTY TO BE TRANSFERRED TO HFC OWNERSHIP IN MAY.
WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS OR SO.
AND SO THAT'S THE STATUS OF OUR THREE HOTELS.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT, UH, DIANA GRAY IS HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, UH, THAT I CAN'T HANDLE.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND, UM, OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING I'M COUNTING 150 VOUCHERS, UM, IS, SO IS THAT MEAN THAT THAT'S THE CAPACITY FOR THE THREE PLACES COMBINED THAT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF A WIGGLE ROOM? UM, THE EXACT UNIT COUNT, UH, ESCAPES ME, HOWEVER I CAN TELL YOU THAT WITH PECAN GARDENS, WE HAVE ALSO, UH, UM, WE INTEND TO AWARD SOME LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHERS TO SUPPLEMENT.
THERE MAY BE 24, 25 MORE PEOPLE.
AND THEN, UM, ARE THEY, IS, IS THE THINKING THAT THEY'RE SINGLE TO A ROOM? IS THAT THE THINKING I'M JUST TRYING TO GET TO HOW MANY PEOPLE WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO SERVE.
THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO TURN AN ASSET, TALK TO DIANE.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT SURE THAT'S OKAY, BUT, UH, YEAH.
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OKAY.AND THESE ARE ALL FOUR PEOPLE, UM, THAT, UH, THAT WERE HOMELESS, RIGHT? YES.
MA'AM THESE ARE ALL SOURCED DIRECTLY FROM THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT.
AND HOW MANY OF THEM WILL BE SOURCED FROM HEAL? DO WE KNOW? UM, WE HAVE NOT SET ASIDE A SPECIFIC PSH UNITS FOR PEOPLE FROM HEAL AT THIS TIME, BUT SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT LATER.
BUT THERE, THIS IS FOR THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT AND OKAY.
AT SOME POINT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS, UH, FOR COORDINATED ASSESSMENT VERSUS HEAL THOUGH.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE ALL WORKING TOGETHER, SO.
AND IS THIS STILL THE APPROACH TO COORDINATED ASSESSMENT WHERE IT'S SCORED AND PEOPLE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST? GO FIRST? YES, MA'AM.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE SOC CONSEQUENTLY, I WILL SPLIT.
I KNOW IT CAN BE HARD AND CHAMBER, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SPOKE UP.
UM, WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION OF HOW LONG INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE IN THIS TYPE OF HOUSING BEFORE MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE, LIKE BRIDGE HOUSING OR SOME OTHER SORT OF MORE PERMANENT HOUSING VOUCHER? SO THESE ARE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.
THIS WOULD BE, UH, THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IN THE VOUCHERS THAT WOULD PROVIDE THAT LONG-TERM SUBSIDY, AS WELL AS THE SERVICE DOLLARS TO PROVIDE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
UM, WHILE THE CLIENTS ARE MAY AND MAY, UH, GRADUATE FROM THIS TYPE OF FACILITY, UH, IT WOULD BE TO A MORE PERMANENT HOUSING SITUATION OUTSIDE OF A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM, BUT WE DON'T EXPECT THEM TO GRADUATE INTO A BRIDGE HOUSING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
I KNOW WE CARE A LOT ABOUT THE PIPELINE AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE AND THEN HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY GET INTO AN APARTMENT OR SOME SORT OF OTHER HOUSING UNIT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I KNOW WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE, MORE BEDS FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION.
I HAVE A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO, EXCUSE ME, I'M STARTING FROM A REAL KIND OF BASIC, UH, UH, LEVEL HERE, BUT THE, THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THOSE, HOW ARE WE DECIDING WHO GETS THE SPOTS IN AND OUT AGAIN, I'M FAMILIAR WITH FAMILY ELDERCARE.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT WOULD BE MORE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY.
UH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH INTEGRAL CARE.
UH, THEY HANDLE A LOT OF, UH, OF, OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR THESE REFERRALS FROM THOSE AGENCIES, OR WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR, YOU KNOW, SO THE, UH, THE SOURCING OF THESE, UH, THE REFERRALS COMES THROUGH ECHO, ECHO MANAGES THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM AND THE, UM, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UH, WE ASK THAT ALL OF OUR DEVELOPERS WHO COMMIT TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SIGN, AN MOU WITH ECHO, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, CAN ENSURE THAT THOSE UNITS ARE HOUSED BY PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.
UM, AND IT IS THE TOP OF THE LIST, THE MOST IMMEDIATE NEEDS, UH, THE MOST IMMEDIATE NEEDS FOR THE, UH, FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, THE HARDEST TO SERVE, UM, AND AN ECHO IS, UH, PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES, UH, TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND IT'S IDENTIFYING THEM AND CATEGORIZING THEM.
AND, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY PUTTING THEM ON THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT LIST OR ECHO IS THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES IT'S THE ENDING COMMUNITY, HOMELESSNESS COALITION.
AND THEY, THEY MANAGE THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UH, SO THEY HAVE THE DATABASE AND ALL OF THE OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS KIND OF FILTER INTO THAT DATABASE.
UM, AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO READ THE, THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM AND APPLY OR ASSIGN THE UNITS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE EFFECT WILL HAVE ON THE, ON THE LIST.
SO THE LAST REPORT I HAD FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE PART OF WHAT THAT SYSTEM DOES IS TO RECOMMEND THE TYPE OF, OF HOUSING PROGRAM FOLKS DEED.
WE HAD WELL OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE ON THAT LIST, AND I'M SURE WE CAN GET AN UPDATED NUMBER AS WELL.
AND THEN, UH, NO, AGAIN, THERE WAS SOME REFERENCE MADE TO BRIDGE SHELTER VERSUS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT, THAT DISTINCTION, WHAT ARE THEIR ROLES, YOU KNOW? SURE.
UM, IF YOU THINK OF IT AS A CONTINUUM, UM, THERE'S A BRIDGE SHELTER, WHICH IS A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING TO, UM, KIND OF AN IMMEDIATE SERVICE.
THERE'S ALSO RAPID REHOUSING WHERE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, UH, JUST NEED THAT ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO GET INTO A PERMANENT, UH, UH, LIVING FACILITY THAT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS WORTH OF SUBSIDY, THEN AT THE EXTREME END OF THE SYSTEM IS THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND THAT IS A HOUSING UNIT PERMIT, PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTIVE WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS SUCCESSFUL.
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UM, AND IT'S, IT'S A HOUSING UNIT, SO IT'S NOT A COORDINATED, OR IT'S NOT A, UM, COMMUNAL LIVING.IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL'S UNIT WHERE THEY OWN THE PR OR RENT THE UNIT AND OWN WHAT IS INSIDE AND THE, UH, BRIDGE, UH, HOUSING BRIDGE SHELTER.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT REFER TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE BRIDGE BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS AND A MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WOULD THAT BE KIND OF THE FIRST STEP IN BECOMING HOUSED? YEAH, I CAN TAKE THAT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SHELTER HISTORICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT SHELTER THAT REALLY THE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO GIVE SOME SOMEBODY A PLACE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
REALLY THE DISTINCTION WITH BRIDGE SHELTER IS THAT WE REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS A TIME LIMITED STOP ON THE WAY TO GETTING INTO THEIR PERMANENT HOUSING SETTING.
AND SO FOR OUR BRIDGE SHELTERS, AS AN EXAMPLE, WE DON'T MOVE PEOPLE FROM HEAL RIGHT FROM, FROM THE STREET INTO THOSE UNITS, UNTIL WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH A RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, OR PSH, WHERE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH PAPERWORK, PAPERWORK, PERHAPS WE'RE WORKING ON IDENTIFYING A UNIT, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST, THEY'RE UP TO GET THAT PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCE.
WHEREAS IN US GENERAL EMERGENCY SHELTER, YOU MIGHT HAVE PEOPLE THERE WHO NEED THE SHELTER, CERTAINLY, BUT YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A YEAR OR MORE BEFORE THEY COME TO THE TOP OF THE LIST AT THE LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, HISTORICAL RESOURCING OF OUR SYSTEM.
SO THE BRIDGE SHELTER WOULD BE TWO, THERE IS ANOTHER STEP IT'S READY TO GO ON MOST.
WE JUST WANT TO GET THEM OFF OF THE STREETS WITH ALL THE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES THAT, THAT ENTAILS INTO A BRIDGE SHELTER, AND THEN TRANSITION THEM INTO THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHEN, AND THAT CAN BECOME THE BASE.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S SO VALUABLE IS THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE DOING SCATTERED SITE HOUSING, PEOPLE HAVE A RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO FIND A UNIT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT REALLY HELPS THE CASE MANAGERS AND THE SERVICE STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TO KNOW WHERE THE PERSON IS, THEY'RE STABLE, THEY'RE SAFE, THEY CAN WORK ON GETTING THEIR DOCUMENTS TOGETHER, ET CETERA.
SO IT REALLY DOES PROVIDE SOME THAT INTERIM STABILITY TO HELP MAKE THE STEP TO HOUSE.
AND ONE OF THE, IN, IN WORKING WITH THE ST JOHN'S, UH, SITUATION, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR, YOUR WORK ON, UH, ON THAT, UH, HEAL SIDE.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT A MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS THERE HATTING, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WERE $700 A MONTH, OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, IN OTHER WORDS, THAT THERE WAS INCOME, NOT ENOUGH TO RENT A PLACE IN AUSTIN, BUT, UH, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT INCOME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO WHERE A WE'RE AN INDIVIDUAL DOES HAVE INCOME AND CAN PROVIDE, AND SOME LEVEL OF SUPPORT, SOME LEVEL OF, UH, A RENT PAYMENT, UM, THEN THAT WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THE VOUCHER THAT IS PROVIDED.
HOWEVER, UH, WE KNOW THAT WITH THIS POPULATION THAT IS VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, UM, THE, IN SOME SITUATIONS I'VE SEEN, UH, A MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION OF $25 FROM THE, FROM THE RESIDENT.
HOWEVER, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THESE HOTELS WOULD REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IF AN INDIVIDUAL CAN PROVIDE SOME SUPPORT FOR THEMSELVES THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY JUST REDUCE THE VALUE OF THE VOUCHER.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN SOMEONE DOES HAVE, LET'S SAY SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY, OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, THERE'LL BE MAYBE A NOMINAL CHARGE, BUT THEY BASICALLY, THEY USE THAT MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, TO FEED THEMSELVES WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
THAT'S THE 30% OF THEIR INCOME GOES TOWARD THEIR RENT AND UTILITY COSTS.
SO IT'S PRORATED BASED ON THEIR INCOME.
UM, NOW HOW MANY, UH, UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DO WE HAVE AT THIS POINT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I'VE GOT THE ANSWER IN MY OFFICE, BUT I'LL GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE BRIDGE SHELTERS, HOW MANY WE HAVE THE FOUR, UH, UH, HOTELS THAT ARE THE BRIDGE SHELTERS, UH, IN AUSTIN, UH, UM, ONLY TWO OF OUR HOTELS ARE OPERATING AS BRIDGE SHELTERS.
ONE OF THEM IS THE HOTEL THAT JAMIE REFERENCED THAT WE PURCHASED WITH CDBG FUNDS, WHICH WE DO INTEND TO OPERATE THAT LONG-TERM AS A BRIDGE SHELTER.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE MORE, WOULD BE MORE OF A COMPLEX CONVERSION.
THE OTHER HOTEL, UM, IS ONE THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TODAY.
WE WILL EVENTUALLY CONVERT THAT TO PSH IT'S OPERATING AS BRIDGE SHELTER, BUT THE THREE THAT JAMIE SPOKE TO THIS AFTERNOON ARE NOT CURRENTLY OPERATING AS BRIDGE SHELTER IN ANTICIPATION OF THEIR CONVERSION.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING REMODELED, UH, FOR IT TO BE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE.
AND THE TWO BRIDGE SHELTERS RIGHT NOW, I GUESS, NORTH BRIDGE, UH, WOULD BE ONE OF THEM.
AND WHAT IS THE OTHER ONE SOUTH BRIDGE? OH, VERY ORIGINAL NAMES.
DON'T ASK CITY STAFF TO BRAND THINGS COUNSELING.
SO DO WE NEED MORE? I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE THE ANSWER TO THE, I THINK THE PERMANENT
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SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS YES, WE DO NEED MUCH MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.DO WE NEED MORE BRIDGE SHELTERS? DO WE NEED ANOTHER HOTEL THAT, THAT CAN SERVE AS A BRIDGE SHELTER? UM, SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND AND I THINK NORTH BRIDGE SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE, I THINK W WE KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND IT COUNCIL LARGEST TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SHELTER.
GIVEN OUR SHELTER POPULATION FROM HOUSING DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, OF COURSE, SHELTER REALLY IS MORE OF AN APH, UH, PORTFOLIO.
BUT I THINK THAT ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE HOTEL STRATEGY IS THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY IN SOME CASES TO ACQUIRE A PROPERTY, TO USE IT TEMPORARILY AS THAT BRIDGE SHELTER, WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT MR. MAY DESCRIBED OF LINING UP THE, THE, THE PERMANENT HOUSING CONVERSION.
UH, SO, AND AGAIN, NOT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT, UH, I GUESS THE ANSWER WILL BE, YES, WE COULD USE, UH, ANOTHER BRIDGE SHELTER OR TWO, AGAIN, WITH THE IDEA THAT ANYTHING THAT WE'RE USING AS A BRIDGE SHELTER COULD EVENTUALLY BE CONVERTED TO ANOTHER FORM OF HOUSING, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE, THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE SITUATION, THE COMMUNITY, HUH.
DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF REAL ESTATE.
I THINK THE HOTELS ARE OBVIOUSLY, UM, OFTEN, UH, AN EASY, AN EASIER CONVERSION THAN OTHER TYPES OF REAL ESTATE AS, AND HAS THAT BEEN THE FOCUS OF THE HOTEL PURCHASE? I MEAN, IT'S JUST EASIER, QUICKER, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN KIND OF BE READY WITH THAT, UH, AS OPPOSED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, PURCHASING LAND AND ZONING IT IN THE CONSTRUCTION, IS THAT, HAS THAT BEEN THE, KIND OF THE IMPETUS FOR THE PUSH TOWARD THE PURCHASING HOTELS PURCHASING THE HOTEL AND CONVERSION STRATEGY IS QUICKER THAN BUILDING? UM, I CAN SAY THAT FOR SURE.
THE, WE HAVE A PROPERTY, A SPARROW AT RUTLAND, IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE 171, UH, HOUSING UNITS, 100 OF WHICH WILL BE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, THAT, UH, FIRST CAME FOR FUNDING TO US, UH, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
IT JUST TAKES TIME TO BUILD, UM, AND SECURE THE FINANCING.
AND IF THE USING THE HOTELS, IS THAT A MODEL THAT WE'RE PICKING UP FROM OTHER CITIES, OR IS THAT SOMETHING WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND ON THAT? ISN'T THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WAS ACTUALLY, UH, UH, BROUGHT TO COUNCIL BY, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF, OF ECHO MATT MALIKA AND THE FIRST HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER, I THINK IN LATE 2019, WE HAD SEEN SOME OF THIS HAPPEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, WE ACTUALLY SAW A LOT OF COMMUNITIES USING HOTELS AS DID WE AS SORT OF TEMPORARY, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE VERY, UM, VULNERABLE TO COVID.
SO WE ARE SEEING IT MORE ACROSS OTHER CITIES, BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I, THERE, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WERE, UM, ANY, UH, ANY MUNICIPALITIES THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT HAD A BROAD PORTFOLIO, PARTICULARLY OF FULL STUDIO APARTMENTS.
YOU SEE IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE COAST OF SOME CASES WE HAD SORT OF OLD HOTELS THAT HAD BEEN CONVERTED, BUT DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE BATHROOMS OR KITCHENS, WHICH IS OF COURSE, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, A FULLY FUNCTIONING STUDIO APARTMENT.
WELL, I MEAN, I, I, I REALLY, I LIKED THE STRATEGY, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
AND ULTIMATELY IT'S AN ASSET THAT THE CITY HOLDS, UH, YOU KNOW, INDEFINITELY OR THAT THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HOLES, UH, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON THOSE SITES IN THE FUTURE.
MAYBE WE CAN BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF IN, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEED FOR HOUSING, UH, YOU KNOW, UNSHELTERED FOLKS, IT HAS DISSIPATED.
THERE'S A, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S, WE CAN DO AN UNTOLD NUMBER OF THINGS WITH THOSE PROPERTIES IN THE FUTURE.
UH, YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER CITY COUNCILS, WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT, BUT I, I REALLY, UH, I LIKED THE STRATEGY AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE BRIEFING.
UM, I JUST HAVE ONE BRIEF QUESTION ON THAT AND IT'S, UH, HOW HAS THE FOUNDATION COMMUNITY ROLE IN THIS, IN THIS PROCESS? CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A QUICK, THERE ARE, SO THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE IN THE SAME AND THE SAME TYPE OF ROLE AS THE INTEGRAL CARE WOULD SERVE AT BUNGALOWS OR, UH, FAMILY ELDER CARE WOULD SERVE AT A PECAN GROWTH.
UH, HOWEVER, THEY WILL HAVE A MASTER LEASE AS OPPOSED TO AN OPERATING AGREEMENT, UM, AND THEN HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEIR OPERATING PARTNER.
UM, IT WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHERS, TOO.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE MANAGING IT BASICALLY.
AND PROVIDING THE SERVICES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND A CLIENTS.
AND IF YOU'RE FINISHED, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE MORE QUESTION, IS THAT OKAY? OKAY.
UM, SO I WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND AS A FOLLOWUP ON
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A PREVIOUS QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA.SO, UM, CAN I JUST ASK, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL, OR MAYBE IT'S, UH, A QUESTION, YOUR QUESTION FOR, FOR ROSIE.
UM, BUT, UH, IS, ARE AVAIL ESTATE STAFF CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL HOTELS TO PURCHASE FOR BRIDGE SHELTER? YES.
UM, AND, AND TO BE CLEAR FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE, I THINK WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS MEETING, LOOKING FOR FOUR HOTELS ALSO, THAT COULD BE CONVERSION RATE.
CAN WE JUST, WELL, YEAH, SO THE, THE LOOKING FOR, TO PURCHASE FOR BRIDGE HOUSING IN POTENTIAL CONVERSION TO PSH THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I'LL IMAGINE WE'LL GET A BRIEFING ON THAT SOON.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE GOOD PROSPECTS FOR YOU? OKAY.
MAYBE WE'LL ASK FOR A BRIEFING, BUT ANYWAY, SO THERE'S THAT THE SECOND THING IS I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER.
UM, SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID THAT, UM, THE S THE SOURCE, UH, FOR THESE, UH, LOCATIONS IS THE, UM, THE, UH, COC, BUT, UM, AND WE ARE NOT SETTING ASIDE ANY PARTICULAR UNITS FOR HEAL.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT, OR IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED? AND IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID IS, IS, UM, IS ANY KIND OF BOTTLENECK FOR HEAL BECAUSE OF, UH, NOT HAVING AVAILABLE, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UNDERSTANDING THAT NOT EVERYONE THAT GOES THROUGH THE HEAL PROCESS NEEDS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU ALL ARE MANAGING THAT THAT'S RIGHT.
SO WHEN, UM, THE COUNCIL, UH, INITIALLY APPROVED THAT HEAL INITIATIVE, THE DESIGN, UM, DID FOCUS ON OF COURSE, BRIDGE SHELTER AND THEN ACCESS TO RAPID REHOUSING, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE NEED RAPID REHOUSING AS OPPOSED TO PSH.
UM, SO WE'VE NOT DONE THE SAME SET ASIDE, UM, PARTIALLY BECAUSE RAPID REHOUSING CAN ESSENTIALLY BE CONVERTED TO PSH WITH THE ADDITION OF A PERMANENT VOUCHER, WHICH WE ARE OFTEN ABLE TO DO WHEN HAKA HAS SOME AVAILABLE, WE'LL LOOK ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO AND SAY, HERE'S SOMEONE WHO'S IN A RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, BUT IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE SERVICE PROVIDERS ASSESSMENT, THEY WILL NEED A LONGER-TERM SUBSIDY.
UH, I DO THINK THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK WITH OUR PROVIDERS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A SMALL SET ASIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE STILL A FEW MONTHS OUT, OF COURSE, FROM THESE COMING ONLINE.
UH, BUT I THINK YOU ASKED BEFORE, UM, OR WANTED TO CONFIRM HEAL IS FLOWING THROUGH THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.
AND SO OF COURSE, PEOPLE WHO COME THROUGH HEAL THEY'RE IN COORDINATED ENTRY, THEY MAY ALREADY BE ON SORT OF A PRIORITIZATION LIST SOMEWHERE FOR PSH.
IT MIGHT JUST BE A MATTER OF SEEING WHETHER WE HAVE SOME SMALL SET ASIDE FOR THOSE FOLKS.
THAT, THAT ALL MAKES SENSE TO ME.
I JUST WANT TO, AND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE, Y'ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS AND SEEING HOW THINGS WORK OUT, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT FOLKS TO GET STUCK IN THE HEELS, YOU KNOW, IN THE HEAL PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN BE SOMEONE WHO NEEDED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO.
SO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE PROMISES OF HEAL IS, UM, IS A PROGRAM THAT REALLY TAKES THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
UH, BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU, YOU HAVEN'T APPROACHED FOR THAT AND YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED THAT KIND OF BARRIER AT THIS POINT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PLACE PEOPLE WITH RAPID, BUT I THINK OVER TIME, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE NEED PSH, FOR SOME OF THOSE FOLKS, WE HAVE THAT OPTION IN A TIMELY MANNER BECAUSE OFTEN YEAH.
THEN I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND, AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THIS, THAT THE SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT YOU ENTER INTO ALLOW THAT OPTION IN THE FUTURE, UM, AT THE CITY'S DISCRETION, IF YOU NEED TO DO THAT.
UM, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE HOUSING COMMITTEE KNEW THAT WE HAVE AT PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON HEAL AND AN UPDATE ON HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING SERVICES RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS AT, AT ALMOST EVERY PUBLIC HEALTH MEETING, INCLUDING TOMORROW.
AND SO I INVITE YOU TO JOIN THAT CONVERSATION TOMORROW.
I THINK IT'S FOCUSED ON, ON HEELS SPECIFICALLY, UM, AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, I'M TRYING TO KIND OF PUT TOGETHER THE INFORMATION THAT YOU JUST PROVIDED WITH, WITH HOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE EARLY ON.
SO WHEN, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE HOTEL MOTEL CONCEPT, THE IDEA WAS THAT THE CITY WOULD INVEST IN THE, IN THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTIES.
AND THEN ECHO HAD, HAD, UM, TALKED ABOUT MATT MODICA HAD COME TO SOME WORK SESSIONS
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TO TALK ABOUT THAT ECHO WOULD TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RAISING THE FUNDS FOR THE SERVICES.AND I THINK THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT MODEL RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FUNDING STREAMS ARE COMING FROM.
I JOINED A FEW MINUTES LATE, BUT WHEN I JOINED, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HAKA HOUSING VOUCHERS, WHICH I ASSUME ARE, ARE HELPING TO FRAY THE COST OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
WHERE ARE THE, ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS? AND I THINK WE'RE PAYING THE ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH, FOR SERVICES.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO ARE THERE ANY, UH, ADULT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER FUNDING STREAMS COMING INTO THE CITY, UM, TO HELP DEFRAY THE COSTS OR IS IT PRETTY MUCH JUST THE HOUSING VOUCHERS? SO THE HOUSING VOUCHERS, I THINK IF WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BASIC OPERATIONS, INSURANCE, UH, UTILITIES, UH, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS HAVE MAINTENANCE STAFF FOR SERVICES.
WE ARE UTILIZING GENERAL FUNDS OR THE APH BUDGET, SPECIFICALLY DRAWING ON THE ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUNDS THAT COUNCIL, UH, PLACED INTO APHS BUDGET FOR HOMELESSNESS AROUND, UH, RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY AND FISCAL YEAR 21.
SO I THINK, I THINK THIS IS I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'VE TAKEN THIS STEP.
I THINK IT IS WORTH LOOKING BACK, ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTEMPLATE HOW WE WANT TO, HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL BRIDGE SHELTER.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME, SOME KIND OF DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, ABOUT COSTS AND WHETHER THOSE HAVE BEEN OUT WHAT WE ANTICIPATED THEY WOULD BE.
AND AGAIN, AGAIN, SINCE WE WERE KIND OF UNDERTOOK THIS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WOULD BE DOLLARS COMING IN TO HELP PAY FOR THE SERVICES, AND NOW REALLY THE CITY IS, IS FUNDING THE SERVICES AND THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, UM, ON ITS OWN.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH GETTING A SENSE OF WHETHER THIS IS STILL THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO DELIVER BRIDGE SHELTER.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND THIS IS ONE I'VE RAISED BEFORE IN SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS IS WHETHER HOTELS ARE OFFERING, ARE OFFERING THE SOUNDEST, UM, INVESTMENT OVER THE LONG RUN, OR WHETHER WE SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
AND I THINK WE'VE ASKED FOR SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS AND APOLOGIES IF WE'VE GOTTEN IT AND HAVEN'T, UM, AND I'VE JUST OVERLOOKED IT, BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT HOTELS ARE, ARE NOT REALLY DESIGNED FOR KIND OF LONG-TERM RESIDENCY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE WEAR AND TEAR ON A HOTEL ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE BUILT, BUILT IN, IN QUITE THE SAME WAY.
UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING RENOVATIONS ON THEM TO HELP BRING THEM, YOU KNOW, BRING THEM INTO ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE WOULD NEED FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
BUT I ALSO, YOU KNOW, THAT QUESTION ALSO AS WE TALK ABOUT COSTS AND BENEFITS AND, AND REALLY EVALUATE WHETHER THIS IS STILL THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO DELIVER THE BEST LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THE PRODUCT THAT WE'RE PURCHASING IS, IS STILL IDEAL OR WHETHER WE SHOULD ALSO BE BRANCHING OUT AND LOOKING AT MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEXES.
SO I INVITE YOU TO, DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE? SO I, I CAN'T SAY THAT, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY OUR REAL ESTATE TEAM IS, UH, PURSUING, UH, EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEXES SPECIFICALLY WITHIN PROJECT CONNECT CORRIDORS.
UH, PART OF THAT, UH, PROJECT CONNECT FUNDING IS DESIGNED TO GO DIRECTLY TO HFC FOR PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THOSE, UH, UH, PRESERVED APARTMENT COMPLEXES COULD BE CONVERTED TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UH, THE REAL COST DRIVER IN ANY OF THAT, UH, IS THE SERVICES, UM, AND THE OPERATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF, UH, BELIEVE THAT TOTAL PURCHASE COST FOR ONE OF THE HOTELS WAS $16 MILLION.
UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN SEEING MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, IN THE 40 AND $50 MILLION RANGE.
UM, THAT'S, THOSE UNITS WOULD NOT REQUIRE AS MUCH REHAB THEORETICALLY AS A HOTEL WOULD FOR CONVERTING TO A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM, BUT THERE'S THE INITIAL STICKER SHOCK.
UH, WE'RE IN OUR MARKET RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S A LITTLE SURPRISING.
I GUESS I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE RIGHT FORUM IS, BUT I DO HAVE SOME, SOME KIND OF DRILL DOWN QUESTIONS.
I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE ACQUISITION COSTS BEING HIGHER, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO FACTOR IN BOTH THE RENOVATION COSTS AND THEN THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COSTS TO REALLY BE ABLE TO EVALUATE PRODUCT, BUT IT'S SORT MARK COST-EFFECTIVE OVER THE LONG RUN.
AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THAT QUESTION, WE DON'T NEED TO ANSWER IT HERE, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT CAN BE ANSWERED, BUT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT WE'VE, WE'VE NOW TAKEN THIS ON LARGELY AS A CITY INITIATIVE, UM, VERSUS HOW IT WAS DESCRIBED INITIALLY AS KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH OUTSIDE ENTITIES, HELPING RAISE THE MONEY FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST TIME TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT THAT COST LOOKS LIKE AND HOW,
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AND AGAIN, WHETHER THIS IS WHETHER THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO, TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES, OR SHOULD WE ALSO BE INVESTING, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ONCE IT'S SAFE TO DO SO, SHOULD WE ALSO BE INVESTING IN MORE CONGREGATE SHELTER AS WELL, COUNSELED TO GIVE, TO SERVE AND TO KIND OF MEET THE NEED, RIGHT.SO BROADLY AS POSSIBLE, IF POSSIBLE.
AND I KNOW THIS IS REALLY CONFUSING BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR KIND OF REAL ESTATE ASSET THAT WE ARE USING IN TWO WAYS, BUT THAT ARE CONNECTED RIGHT AS BRIDGE SHELTER.
AND THEN AS PERMANENT SHELTER, THE PROCESS AND FINANCING STRUCTURE THAT MR. MAY DESCRIBED TODAY IS ALL ABOUT THE CONVERSION TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
SO THOSE ARE NOT RESOURCES THAT ARE UTILIZED, AND IT'S A, FRANKLY IT IS A MORE RESOURCE INTENSIVE ENDEAVOR PROBABLY THAN JUST USING IT AS BRIDGE SHELTER.
WE'RE NOT DOING MAJOR REHAB IN MOST CASES FOR BRIDGE SHELTER.
AND I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES AND IN TERMS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL OPERATING COSTS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH ON PAR WITH YOUR, UH, CONVENTIONAL, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE REAL DIFFERENCE, I THINK, A IS IN THE, IN THE INITIAL CAPITAL COST, THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENTIAL TO YOUR POINT IN HOW THE FINISHES WERE OVER TIME, ET CETERA.
AND I THINK THAT WE ACTUALLY MAY BE ABLE TO TURN TO ONE OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
WHO'S DONE A HOTEL CONVERSIONS IN THE PAST, UM, UH, FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, WELL, AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM OVER THE YEARS HAVE INFORMED OUR EXPECTATION OF THE OPERATING COSTS OF THESE PROPERTIES, WHICH ARE JUST ENCOURAGE US TO UNDERS TO THINK OF THEM AND SPEAK OF THEM AS APARTMENT BUILDINGS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WHEN WE FINISH THIS PROCESS.
KYLIE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO HOURS FOR THIS BEADING THIS WEEK, IF WE STARTED AT THREE O'CLOCK.
SO IF, UH, IF YOU HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED TODAY, UH, ASK THEM, BUT IF YOU DON'T, IT CAN BE ANSWERED TO YOU OVER FOR THE WEEK, OR I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT.
SO, UM, NOW THAT WE'VE FINISHED THIS ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK IN ORDER AND,
[2. Briefing and discussion on upcoming spending priorities for federal housing and community development grants as part of Community Needs Assessment for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Action Plan]
UM, GO BACK TO, UH, ITEM TO A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING SPENDING PRIORITIES FOR THE FEDERAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT AS PART OF THAT COMMUNITY NEED ASSESSMENT OR FISCAL YEAR 2223 ACTION PLAN.THANK YOU, CHAIR, MANDY,
I AM JOINED BY MAXED HORSEMEN.
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MAX TO KICKSTART THE CONVERSATION, AND THEN I'LL JUMP IN ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH.
UM, SO WE SHOULD HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON DECK.
UM, LET'S SEE, PULLING IT UP THERE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THIS COMMITTEE ABOUT AN UPCOMING ROUND OF ANNUAL ENTITLEMENT GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED THE ACTION PLAN.
UM, SO EACH YEAR THE CITY SUBMITS TO HUD AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT QUALIFIES US FOR CONTINUED FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HOUSING AND PUBLIC SERVICES.
UM, AND EACH YEAR WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS, UH, AHEAD OF SUBMITTING THE ACTION PLAN TO REACH OUT TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR SPENDING, UH, AND THE ACTION PLAN.
UM, SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS SPECIFICALLY THAT THE ACTION PLAN FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR 2223.
UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SO IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL WALK THROUGH WHAT THE REPORTING PROCESS LOOKS LIKE FOR THE ACTION PLAN TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT ABOUT, ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE'LL BE GOING OVER A LOT OF WHAT THE ACTION PLAN TYPICALLY FUNDS.
UM, SO WE'LL REVIEW THE PERFORMANCE FOR OUR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, UM, AND DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO WHAT THE PROGRAMS CONSIST OF AND HOW THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED.
UH, AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE REACHING OUT TO, TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK IN THIS TIME AND HOW THE PUBLIC CAN, CAN GET FEEDBACK, UM, ON THE ACTION PLAN.
AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION.
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ALSO.SO THE ACTION PLAN IS PART OF THIS, UH, FEDERAL REPORTING PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW, BUT THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS, UM, SPECIFICALLY FUNDING FROM HUD.
UM, AND IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT FUNDING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE EVERY FIVE YEARS SUBMIT A CONSOLIDATED PLAN TO HUD THAT GIVES A PROJECTION FIVE YEARS OUT, UH, WHAT WE PLAN TO FUND, UH, WITHIN THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS.
AND THEN EACH YEAR WITHIN THAT CONSOLIDATED PLAN IN THAT CONSOLIDATED PLAN INCLUDES A MARKET ANALYSIS AND A, AN IN-DEPTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, AND THEN ANNUALLY, EACH YEAR WITHIN THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, WE SUBMIT AN ACTION PLAN, WHICH AFFIRMS FOR THAT YEAR, WHAT PROGRAMS WE PLAN TO FUND, UH, WHAT THEIR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS ARE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HOPE TO SERVE WITH EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS. UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GEARING UP TO, TO CREATE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE CREATE A PERFORMANCE REPORT THAT'S SUBMITTED TO HUD, IT'S CALLED THE CAPER.
UH, AND THAT REPORT, UM, HAS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND SPECIFIC DATA ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SERVED BY EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
UM, ABOUT THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE INFORMATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20, 21 LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING INTO YEAR FOUR OF THAT, OF THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN WITH FISCAL YEAR 2223.
AND SO THROUGH THE ACTION PLAN PROCESS, WE RECEIVE THE, THE ENTITLEMENT GRANTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK, GRANT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS, AND THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT.
EACH OF THESE GRANTS HAS SPECIFIC, UH, ELIGIBLE USES AND, UH, EXPENDITURE DEADLINES AND HAS SPECIFIC INTENTIONS BEHIND WHAT IT SHOULD BE SPENT TOWARDS.
UM, BUT ACROSS ALL FOUR OF THESE GRANTS, THE CITY TYPICALLY RECEIVES AROUND 13 TO $14 MILLION ANNUALLY.
NOW, LOOKING BACK AT THE PAST FISCAL YEAR FOR WHAT THESE, UH, GRANTS FUNDED, WE SERVED ABOUT 3,552 PEOPLE WITH THESE FEDERAL FUNDS, 2,688 OF THOSE QUALIFIED AS EXTREMELY LOW INCOME.
UM, AND OF OUR ENTITLEMENT DOLLARS, WE SPENT ABOUT $9,765,000.
AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL ALSO HAVE AN UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR CARES EXPENDING, UM, OF THE CARES ACT.
WE SPENT 10 MILLION, $196,749.
THIS SLIDE WE'LL GO OVER THE SPREAD OF WHO'S BEING SERVED BY INCOME.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE SERVED AS IN THAT EXTREMELY LOW INCOME CATEGORY.
THEN WE HAVE THE BREAKDOWN HERE OF WHO'S BEING SERVED IN TERMS OF RACE.
UM, SO ON THE LEFT, UM, GRAPH, WE HAVE THE POPULATION SERVED BY OUR DOLLARS AND ON THE RIGHT, WE HAVE THE POPULATION OF AUSTIN JUST TO GIVE A REFERENCE.
AND IN THE BLUE CATEGORY, WE HAVE A WHITE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTED THE ORANGE CATEGORY REPRESENTS BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS.
UM, THE GRAY CATEGORY REPRESENTS ASIAN INDIVIDUALS.
THE GOLDEN CATEGORY REPRESENTS NATIVE AMERICAN OR ALASKA NATIVES.
AND THE GREEN CATEGORY AT THE TOP REPRESENTS, UM, PEOPLE, UH, WHO IDENTIFY AS MULTIRACIAL OR A RACE NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE CENSUS OR DECLINED TO PROVIDE THEIR INFORMATION.
UM, AND WITHIN EACH OF THESE RACIAL CATEGORIES, THERE'S CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE IDENTIFIED AS HISPANIC OR LATINO.
AND WE'LL SEE THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, IF YOU CAN ADVANCE THE SLIDE.
SO WE REPORT THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUFF IN THIS FORMAT OF, UM, PEOPLE IDENTIFIED WITH THE RACE, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS EITHER HISPANIC OR LATINO OR NOT.
AND SO WE HAVE ON THE LEFT, THE POPULATION SERVED IN FISCAL YEAR 2021.
UM, IN THAT ORANGE BLOCK AT THE TOP REPRESENTS THE HISPANIC AND LATINO POPULATION SERVED.
NOW THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES WE'LL GET INTO THE SPECIFICS ABOUT WHO IS HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE SERVED THROUGH EACH PROGRAM AND HOW THAT COMPARES TO THE GOALS SET BY THE PROGRAM, HOW MUCH WAS BUDGETED AND HOW MUCH WAS EXPENDED.
UM, SO THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE ARE PROGRAMS WHERE THE CITY, UM, PROGRAMS MET THE GOALS THAT THEY SAID WERE EXCEEDED THEM.
SO WE HAVE OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANCE, TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN OUR SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM.
AND THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT DID NOT MEET THEIR GOALS.
UM, SO ON THE TOP WE HAVE OUR HOME
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REPAIR SERVICE PROGRAMS, THESE PROGRAMS, UH, WE'RE PAUSED AT TIMES DURING THE PANDEMIC TO AVOID IN-PERSON SITE VISITS, AVOID HAVING STAFF MEETING WITH, WITH CLIENTS IN THEIR HOMES.UM, WE HAVE THE HOMELESSNESS SERVICES APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF MS. JOSEPH.
UH, THESE, UM, SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, UM, INCLUDE OUR RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM AND THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ARTS SHELTER DOWNTOWN.
WE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WE SAW, UM, VIEW SERVICES ROLLED BACK IN TERMS OF IN-PERSON STREET OUTREACH AND SHELTER CAPACITY, UM, TO AVOID LARGE CONGREGATIONS OF PEOPLE, UM, OUR TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT IS ALSO A PROGRAM THAT SAW A GREATER DIFFICULTY IN, UM, ADMINISTRATION DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE GROUP, THE AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL.
THEY PROVIDE LANDLORD TENANT REPAIR REMEDIATION SERVICES.
SO THEY, THEY HELP THE TENANT ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES, FOR REPAIRS, UM, FOR THE, FOR THEIR UNIT AND THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
THE, UM, ISSUES FACED BY TENANTS HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND, AND THE RISKS OF EVICTION HAVE, UM, INCREASED GREATLY.
AND SO THE HOUSING ADVOCATES THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, EXECUTING THESE PROGRAMS HAVE HAD A LOWER CAPACITY TO SERVE A LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
UH, WE HAVE OUR CHILDCARE SERVICES AND OUR YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAMS THAT ARE ADMINISTERED BY THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, THESE PROGRAMS HAVE HAD TO NAVIGATE A SHIFTING FIELD OF NEED IN TERMS OF, UM, PARENTS NEEDING AND REQUESTING CHILDCARE SERVICES.
UM, IT CAN CHANGE BASED ON THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF THE PARENTS.
UM, AND SO THERE'S BEEN SOME TURNOVER.
UM, OVERALL NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS NEXT SIDE, WE'LL GO OVER THE CARES ACT, UM, SPENDING AND, AND, UM, SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE ONGOING, LIKE OUR CHILDCARE SERVICES, CV PROGRAM, OUR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS CARES ACT PROGRAMS, THE RAPID REHOUSING AND TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER.
UM, SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE CONCLUDED OUR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS HAVE BOTH CONCLUDED, UM, AND SPENT, SPENT THEIR DOLLARS FULLY.
AND I'LL PASS IT OFF TO, UM, MANDY TO MAYO TO, TO GO MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED VIA THE ACTION I AM BACK.
UH, I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER, UH, SOME OF OUR PROGRAM CATEGORIES, UH, WHERE WE DEPLOY OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.
THOSE INCLUDE HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE, SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE, RENTER'S ASSISTANCE, HOME OWNER ASSISTANCE, HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE, HOUSING DEVELOPER ASSISTANCE, AND THEN, UH, UH, A CATCH ALL CATEGORY OF OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS FUNDED WITH RESPECT TO OUR FEDERAL GRANTS, PRIMARILY THROUGH EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS, GRANT, PROGRAM, OR ESG.
UM, THOSE PRIORITIES INCLUDE RAPID REHOUSING, WHICH ARE, UH, HOMELESS STRATEGY.
OFFICER DIANA GRAY WAS DISCUSSING PREVIOUSLY TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN OF COURSE THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE DOWNTOWN HOMELESS SHELTER, THE ARCH, THE AUSTIN RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS.
OUR SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE INCLUDES DIRECT FUNDING THROUGH THE HOPWA PROGRAM.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR BLOCK GRANTS, UM, AND THAT PROVIDES, UH, FUNDING FOR SERVICES AS WELL AS HOUSING FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV OR AIDS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A VARIETY OF CONTRACTS UNDER WHAT WE CALL OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, GRANTS.
THOSE ARE, UM, A VARIETY OF CONTRACTS THAT INCLUDE CHILDCARE SERVICES, WHICH WE PROVIDE VOUCHERS FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, FOR CHILDCARE, YOUTH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, A CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH INTEGRAL CARE AND THEN SENIOR SERVICES, WHICH IS A CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH FAMILY ELDER CARE TO PROVIDE, UH, BILL PAYER SERVICES AND ENABLE SENIORS TO GET ACCESS TO, UM, SERVICES.
THOSE THREE PROGRAMS, I WILL SAY, UH, FALL UNDER OUR PUBLIC SERVICES SERVICES CAP BY FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
WE ARE LIMITED TO 15% OF OUR CDBG ALLOCATION, UM, CAN BE USED FOR THESE TYPES OF PUBLIC SERVICES.
MAX TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER INCLUDES TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH WE HAVE A LONG-STANDING CONTRACT WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR HAKA TO PROVIDE WHAT WE CALL TB R A IT'S 18 MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, UP UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UH, IT WAS, UH, SLIGHTLY MORE BROADLY DISPERSED AND ADMINISTERED.
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WE REALLY FOCUSED IN OUR R A ON FOLKS COMING THROUGH THE COORDINATED ENTRY.WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO NOW HAKA WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ECHO TO IDENTIFY THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND UTILIZES THE TVRA FOR THAT POPULATION.
UM, ABR OR ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL FOR RENTERS, UM, IS A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES, UM, LOW INCOME RENTERS WITH ASSISTANCE MODIFYING, UH, THEIR, UH, RENTED PROPERTY, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR, UH, PHYSICAL NEEDS.
AND THEN TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE, AS MAX MENTIONED, IS A CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL TO PROVIDE LANDLORD TENANT COUNSELING.
IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH SHOULD BE HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE, AND IT IS, UH, WE HAVE A COMPANION PROGRAM AB OUR OWNER FOR, UM, OUR LOW INCOME OWNERS, UM, WHO ARE PRIMARILY SENIORS OR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO NEED MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR HOMES.
WE ALSO ADMINISTER AN EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM WITH A CONTRACT LONG-STANDING CONTRACT WITH THE AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE TO PROVIDE UP TO $5,000 IN REPAIRS, AGAIN, GRANTS, UH, TO LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS.
OUR HOMEOWNER REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM IS OUR ONLY LOAN PROGRAM IN OUR SUITE OF ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS.
AND THAT PROVIDES UP TO $75,000, UM, IN REPAIRS FOR REALLY BRINGING PROPERTY UP TO CODE.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CODE DEPARTMENT, UH, TO IDENTIFY PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND WORK WITH THOSE HOMEOWNERS.
UH, OUR GO REPAIR PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.
SO IT'S NOT FEDERALLY FUNDED, PROVIDES UP TO $20,000 IN ASSISTANCE, AND IT'S ADMINISTERED BY OUR SEVEN NONPROFIT PARTNERS THAT INCLUDE MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
UH, AMERICAN YOUTH WORKS, UH, EASTER SALES, CENTRAL TEXAS.
I ACT INTERFAITH ACTION, CENTRAL TEXAS REBUILDING TOGETHER.
AND IF I DID EASTER SEALS, THEN I'M DOUBLE COUNTING.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT WE HAVE SEVEN FANTASTIC NONPROFITS THAT WORK DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED OF REPAIRS.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH SHOULD BE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE ONE PROGRAM, UH, THAT IS IN HIGH DEMAND, OUR DPA PROGRAM DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE THAT WE ADMINISTER INTERNALLY.
UH, WE PROVIDE BETWEEN 14,000 AND $40,000 IN DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO INCOME QUALIFIED FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, UM, FOR INCOME ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES, A VERY POPULAR PROGRAM AS MAX POINTED OUT PREVIOUSLY, UH, WE TYPICALLY, UH, BEAT OR EXCEED, UH, OUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR WITH THIS PROGRAM.
THAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE HOME PROGRAM.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.
UH, THESE ARE, WE OFTEN COME TO THE HFC BOARD, UH, AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER FOR OUR RHODA AND ODA LOANS TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE HFC BOARD, THAT'S RENTAL OR OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, WHERE WE PROVIDE GAP FINANCING, UH, FOR OUR NONPROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES OR OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, YOU SEE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE PROPERTIES, UH DOWN BELOW, UH, WE WORK WITH A RANGE OF DEVELOPERS AND, UH, REALLY THIS, THESE PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO 5,000 PLUS AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WE HAVE CREATED.
UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM.
UM, I THINK IT'S IN MAY, UH, WITH OUR NEXT ROUND OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING APPROVAL.
I SHOULD NOTE THAT OUR FEDERAL FUNDS ARE KIND OF A SMALL SLICE OF THE PIE.
UM, PRIMARILY THE FUNDING THAT WE PROVIDE IS THROUGH OUR LOCAL FUNDING, EITHER GEO BONDS, UM, OR HOUSING TRUST FUND, OR OTHER SOURCES, IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS OUR CATCH-ALL.
UM, WE HAVE WITH OUR, UH, PARTNER DEPARTMENT, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WE ADMINISTER A FAMILY BUSINESS, A SMALL LOAN PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN ONGOING PROGRAM CALLED THE COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION OR CHODO OPERATING, UH, UH, EXPENSE GRANT THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, UP TO $50,000, FIVE, ZERO THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR OUR SMALL CERTIFIED CHODOS.
AND THOSE ARE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF OPERATING CHODOS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE OPERATING EXPENSE GRANTS.
THOSE INCLUDE ACCESSIBLE HOUSING AUSTIN OR AHA, UH, BLACKSHEAR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND BLACK LAND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SO WE'RE THRILLED TO HELP THEM, UM, WITH THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES AND TO EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY
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IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.AND I THINK I AM TURNING IT BACK TO MAX AND I AM FOR THE TIMELINE.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.
UM, SO IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ON THESE DOLLARS, LEADING TO THE CREATION OF A DRAFT, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THIS LIST.
UM, HOUSING ADVOCATES AND COMMISSIONS, CONSTITUENT COMMISSIONS.
UM, WE'VE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT ON MARCH 24TH WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE RECEIVED SOME GOOD FEEDBACK AND WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
UM, AND DURING THIS TIME WE ALSO TO BE SPEAK OF AUSTIN WEBPAGE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO, UM, ENTER THEIR FEEDBACK ONLINE, ANY COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED THERE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN AND IN OUR FINAL SUBMISSION TO HUD.
UH, AND IT'S A GREAT WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN VIEW, UM, THE COMMENTS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE LEFT AS WELL AS THE COMMENTS THEMSELVES.
UM, AND SO AS, AS THIS PROCESS WRAPS UP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, UM, WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE OUT THE SPEAK OF BOSTON LINK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO CONTINUE TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON, UM, COMMUNITY NEEDS.
ULTIMATELY FROM THESE PRESENTATIONS, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT PROGRAMS AND NEEDS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR FUNDING.
UM, AND SO WITH THE CONCLUSION OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT THIS FRIDAY, UM, WE WILL PACKAGE UP OUR INFORMATION INTO A DRAFT ACTION PLAN.
UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND WE WILL RELEASE THAT DRAFT TO THE PUBLIC STARTING ON MAY 3RD, UM, UP UNTIL JUNE 10TH.
UH, AND DURING THIS PERIOD, THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO REVIEW ONLINE AT OUR SPEAK-UP AUSTIN, UM, WEBSITE, AS WELL AS, UM, IN PERSON AT A FEW LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY.
UM, AND WE WILL HOLD TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT ON MAY 10TH AND JUNE 9TH.
UM, AND WE HOPE TO RECEIVE FINAL APPROVAL OR FINAL ACTION, UM, ON THE ACTION PLAN FROM CITY COUNCIL BY JULY 28TH AND SUBMIT THE ACTION PLAN TO HUD SOMETIME IN AUGUST, HOPEFULLY AUGUST 10TH.
THIS IS A LOOK AT WHAT OUR SPEAK-UP AUSTIN WEBPAGE LOOKS LIKE, UM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN, CAN WE FEEDBACK, UM, THAT WILL BE SEEN BY OUR CITY STAFF AS WELL AS INCLUDED IN THE ACTION FORM.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
UM, SO I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE CHAIR.
UM, BEFORE I ASKED FOR WHAT KIND OF A BUDGET ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR THIS HERE ON THE FED, IF I'M HURTING JASON, HUD HAS O HAD, HAS NOT RE RELEASED, UH, THE, UH, ANTICIPATED BUDGET YET WE'RE USING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, TYPICALLY IT'S BETWEEN, BETWEEN OUR FOUR, UH, BLOCK GRANTS BETWEEN 13 AND $14 MILLION A YEAR.
SO LAST YEAR YOU GOT HOW MUCH LAST YEAR WAS 13 MILLION, UH, 13.7 MILLION MAX.
IS THAT ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OKAY.
SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT THE SAME AND WE SHOULD FIND OUT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, WE JUST GOT WORD THAT SOMETIME MID MAY, WE'LL BE NOTIFIED OF THE ALLOCATION AMOUNT.
REMEMBER SOAP IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE, WOULD ALWAYS BE GREAT CAUSE WE HAVE WAYS TO SPEND IT.
KALI FAIR QUESTIONS COME FROM MEMBER BELLA.
WHAT ARE THE OTHER FOUR? CDBG IS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
THAT'S OUR LARGEST, UH, BLOCK GRANT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE HOME PROGRAM, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE ESG, WHICH IS EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT AND HOPWA HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS AND THE, UH, THE 10 BASE RENTAL ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAMS IS THAT'S WHAT'S FUNDING THE VOUCHERS FOR THE, UH, THE, THE PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO IT COULD BE, UH, NO DIANA SHAKING NOW.
SO I'M GOING TO SAY NO, WE HAVE A VARIETY THERE'S TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE ESG PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A CONTRACT WITH HAKA, A HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH OUR HOME DOLLARS.
AND THEN THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE ARE OUR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, UM, WHICH ARE ADMINISTERED BY HAKA.
AND, UH, THOSE DON'T FLOW THROUGH THE CITY THEY'RE DIRECTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THOSE ARE THE, THE VOUCHERS THAT ARE PROVIDING THE PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE TO THE HOTELS THAT JAMIE MENTIONED.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.MA'AM THANK YOU SO MUCH AS WE GO ON THROUGH THE, UM, THE AGENDA ITEM
[3. Briefing and discussion on spending priorities for the HOME-ARP grant related to homelessness and housing stability.]
THREE BRIEFING IN DISCUSSING DISCUSSION ON SPINNING PRIORITIES FOR A HOME, A R P GRANT RELATED TO HOMELESS AND HOUSING STATE, BELLA TO, I WANT HERE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.UH, I THINK THAT WILL ALSO BE ME.
SO I'M GOING TO STICK WITH YOU MAX HORSEMAN HERE FROM THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THIS IS A, ANOTHER POOL OF FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, THAT WE ARE SEEKING YOUR INPUT ON AND WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF WHAT THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF.
UM, SO THIS IS THE OWN LRP OR HOME AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GRANT.
UM, SO THE CITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR A SPECIFIC SLICE OF FUNDING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, THAT WILL BE ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE HOME GRANT.
IT'S A ONE-TIME, UM, POOL OF FUNDING CALLED HOMEY RP.
SO THIS FUNDING, UM, AGAIN, IS IT'S A SLICE OF THE LARGER AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GRANT THAT WE'LL RECEIVE THROUGH THE HOME GRANT.
AND THIS GRANT HAS A LOT OF SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS SURROUNDING IT AROUND CONSULTATION AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
UM, AND SO OUTSIDE OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE EARLIER A FEW MONTHS AGO, THIS IS A, UM, ANOTHER SPECIFIC, UM, CONSULTATION ABOUT HOMIE RP IN PARTICULAR.
UM, SO AUSTIN IS ELIGIBLE FOR $11.4 MILLION OF THIS GRANT.
AND THE FUNDING IS SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO BE USED TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS PEOPLE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WITH, UM, RENTAL HOUSING, NON-COMPETE GET SHELTER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS FUNDING, UM, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF CONSULTATION WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, BEFORE SUBMITTING A PLAN TO HUD ABOUT HOW WE WILL ALLOCATE THAT FUNDING, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SO AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR $11.4 MILLION.
AND, UM, FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO GET FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW THIS, THIS FUNDING COULD BE ALLOCATED.
UM, ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE ELIGIBLE USES OF, UH, HOME LRP AS, UM, AS THREATENED BY THE REGULATIONS FROM THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, PROVISION OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON-COMPETITIVE SHELTER.
SO THE $11.4 MILLION THAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR CAN BE ALLOCATED TO ONE OF THESE, UM, CATEGORIES OR ACROSS MULTIPLE OF THE CATEGORIES.
THIS NEXT SLIDE HAS THE ELIGIBLE POPULATIONS THAT STAND TO BENEFIT FROM HOMEMADE RP.
UM, SO WE HAVE POPULATIONS WHO ARE HOMELESS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR OTHER POPULATIONS WHERE PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES COULD, COULD PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, UM, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE AT GREAT RISK OF HOUSING INSTABILITY.
AND THESE ARE THE GROUPS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN CONSULTING WITH SPECIFICALLY AROUND THIS, UM, THIS POOL OF FUNDING.
UM, AND SO THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN CONVERSATION WITH, UM, LEADERSHIP FROM THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, HOMELESS STRATEGY DIVISION.
UM, SO THEY FIT A LOT OF, UH, GREAT COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHERE THIS MONEY COULD BE ALLOCATED AND THE DIFFICULTY SET DIFFERENT SERVICE, PROVIDING ORGANIZATIONS THAT FACE THROUGH COVID, UM, AND THROUGH ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, UM, AS THIS CONSULTATION PROCESS WRAPS UP, WE ARE GOING TO PUT THAT INFORMATION INTO A DRAFT ALLOCATION PLAN, UM, THAT WILL PROPOSE HOW FUNDING COULD BE ALLOCATED.
AND WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE THAT DRAFT ALLOCATION PLAN TO THE PUBLIC STARTING ON MAY 3RD, UM, AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE UP UNTIL JUNE 10TH.
IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE OR SPEAK UP AUSTIN WEBSITE AS WELL AS AT A FEW LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY, UM, IN COORDINATION WITH REALLY SEEING THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN.
UM, AND WE'LL ALSO BE HOLDING TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE HOMIE RP GRANT, UM, COINCIDING WITH THE ACTION PLAN, PUBLIC HEARINGS, ONE ON MAY 10TH WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND ONE ON JUNE 9TH WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND, UM, ASSUMING EVERYTHING GOES WELL IN THE PLAN, THE PROPOSAL LOOKS GOOD.
WE PLAN TO SUBMIT THE PLAN TO HUD SOMETIME IN AUGUST.
UM, IT WILL BE SUBMITTED AS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR FISCAL YEAR 21, 22 ACTION PLAN.
AND SO WE'LL BE ELIGIBLE TO SPEND THAT
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FUNDING THIS YEAR, AND THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION.SO I WILL PASS IT BACK TO THE CHAIR.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD NEWS.
SARAH WENT TO SEPARATE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE HOW, UH, I HOPE YOU'RE YOU GET A LOT OF FAT COMMUNITY INPUT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SOME REALLY GOOD DECISIONS.
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT A COLLEAGUE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM, JUST, JUST A VERY QUICK QUESTION, UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS 11.4 MILLION THAT AUSTIN IS ELIGIBLE FOR HAS NOT BEEN AWARDED YET FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
SO THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL MONEY ON TOP OF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE READY TO GO.
THIS IS MONEY THAT WE HAVE COUNTED IN THE $106.7 MILLION, BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE WHEN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN THAT CAME DOWN.
THIS IS OUR PROCESS OF FORMALLY REQUESTING IT.
I'M LOOKING AT HPD STAFF TO GET THE ACTUAL, TO HAVE THE MONEY COME DOWN, BUT WE HAVE ALREADY COUNTED IT, UM, IN OUR OVERALL RESOURCE PLAN FOR HOMELESSNESS.
THAT'S THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
WE THOUGHT WE HAVE SOMETHING YOU MATCHED OR MONEY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
[4. Briefing on the Austin Community Land Trust (ACLT), implementation of a preference policy pilot program, and lottery process for home sales.]
OUR LAST ITEM BRIEFING ON THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST YOU PUT MY IMPLANT MENTION OF A PREFERRED AFER POLICY PILOT PROGRAM AND LOTTERY PROCESS FOR HOME SALES.THANK YOU FOR HAVING US CHAIR COUNCIL.
THIS IS MY FIRST ONE, SO I APOLOGIZE ALL THE TITLES, NOT SURE.
UM, BUT WHERE TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BRIEF YOU ON THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PREFERENCE POLICY.
AND JUST TO WALK YOU BACK THROUGH, UM, BECAUSE WE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ANY OF THIS, THE PREFERENCE POLICY THAT RELATES TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS BASED ON GENERATIONAL TIES TO THE CITY AND THE POLICY THAT RELATES TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS BASED ON THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE, THE PREFERENCE POLICY PILOT WILL SEND, BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE OWNERSHIP UNITS, SPECIFICALLY OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST UNITS SOLD BY THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST OR ACLT IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT SEPARATES THE OWNERSHIP OF THE HOUSE FROM THE LAND AND CREATES AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY TAKING THE COST OF THE LAND OUT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE ACLT HOME.
IT KEEPS HOUSING AFFORDABLE FOR FUTURE BUYERS BY CONTROLLING THE RESELL PRICE OF ACLT HOMES THROUGH A GROUND LEASE AND A RESELL FORMULA.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I FIGURED AFTER THAT LITTLE BRIEF OVERVIEW, WHICH I'M SURE EVERYBODY NEEDED ON LAND TRUST.
I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER OVER AT HPD, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN OUR REAL ESTATE DIVISION.
I OVERSEE THE LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY UNITS AND ALSO OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
THAT WAY, I GUESS YOU CAN FIND ME AFTER THIS IF NEEDED.
SO WE JUST DID OUR BRIEF OVERVIEW.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE PREFERENCE POLICY OVERVIEW.
UM, AFTER THAT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE APPLICATION AND LOTTERY SPECIFICALLY.
WE'LL THEN TALK ABOUT ACLT HOMES.ORG OR OUR NEW WEBSITE AND PROPERTY PRICING AND LISTINGS.
SO IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PREFERENCE POLICY THROUGH THE ACLT, WE'LL BE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE THREE MAIN TENANTS IN THE PREFERENCE POLICY AND HOW THEY'LL APPLY THROUGH THE APPLICATION.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE FIRST TENANT, WHICH WAS DISABILITY, WHICH APPLIES TO ACCESSIBLE UNITS.
HOUSEHOLDS WITH DISABLED MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE PRIORITY FOR UNITS WITH DISABILITY MODIFICATIONS.
THE NEXT TENANT IS HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND WE SIMPLY BORROWED, UM, HOKAS TAKE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE IN A UNIT AND HOW UNITS WILL BE ASSIGNED, BUT ALL OF OUR UNITS ARE SUBJECT TO RIGHT-SIZING AND YOU CAN SEE A BRIEF CHART UP HERE THAT LET YOU KNOW, UM, BEDROOM SIZE AND THEN MINIMUM NUMBER OF PERSONS AND MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PERSONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR UNIT.
THE NEXT TENANT, UH, SPECIFICALLY GENERATIONAL TIES AND DISPLACEMENT.
SO ELIGIBLE CENSUS TRACKS OR HOUSEHOLDS THAT RESIDE IN CENSUS TRACKS IDENTIFIED AS BEING ANY GENTRIFICATION TYPE AND MAPS CREATED AS PART OF THE UPGRADED PROJECT, UM, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, THE FOLLOWING HOUSEHOLD WOULD BE COVERED.
HOUSEHOLDS ARE CURRENTLY RESIDED IN APPLICABLE CENSUS TRACK HOUSEHOLDS THAT USED TO RESIDE IN AN APPLICABLE CENSUS TRACK BACK TO THE YEAR 2000.
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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.AND HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED SINCE 2000 DUE TO THE FOLLOWING A NATURAL DISASTER GOVERNMENT ACTION, I E EMINENT DOMAIN SENATE, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S TENANT NOTIFICATION AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ORDINANCE OR FEDERAL UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT.
ALSO IF IMMEDIATE FAMILY RESIDES IN THE CITY STILL, UM, THEY WOULD ALSO BE GRANTED SORT OF LIKE A RIGHT OF RETURN UNDER A GENERATIONAL TIES.
UM, AND ALSO JUST IN CASE WE ALSO COVER IMMEDIATE FAMILY THAT COULD HAVE RESIDED IN THE CITY AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATHS.
UM, THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS FROM INITIAL INTAKE TO RANDOM SELECTION.
UM, CITIZENS CAN GO ONLINE AND DO WHAT WE CALL A PRETTY PRE-CERTIFICATION FORM, WHERE THEY WILL BASICALLY TELL US HOW THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
UM, IF THEY SELF-CERTIFY AND THEY MEET THE DEMOGRAPHIC, ALL OF THE CORRECT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, THEY'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AREA, WHICH WILL BE THE LOTTERY.
UM, THEY MUST BE 80% MFI OR LESS.
UM, THEY WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE ID AND ALL THE BASIC, UH, INFORMATION.
INITIALLY, THIS IS JUST A SELF-CERTIFICATION.
UM, AT THAT POINT INTERNALLY, WE WILL SEPARATE THEIR UNIQUE USER ID FROM THE ACTUAL PERSON THAT WAY IT GIVES US SOME ANONYMITY AND RUNNING THIS LOTTERY.
UM, WE HAVE TOP SCORES, THE 40% FOLKS THAT'S GOING TO BE, UM, DIRECTLY RELATED TOWARDS IT OR UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR GENERATIONAL TIES AND 60%, WHICH WILL BASICALLY BE ALL OTHER UNITS.
AND THEY WILL BE, RIGHT-SIZED STILL, OUR PRECERTIFICATION FORM WILL BE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY FOR 30 CALENDAR DAYS.
UM, AND WE WILL RUN THAT CONTINUOUSLY EACH TIME.
AND THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE FUN STUFF, BUT JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE RUNNING THIS ON A RANDOM LOTTERY.
SO, UM, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE GENERATIONAL TIES IS BASED ON A SCORING SYSTEM ONCE THAT UNIT IS, UM, ESTABLISHED WITH THE HOUSEHOLD, THE NEXT UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WILL ALL BE DONE THROUGH A RANDOMIZER AND THEIR UNIQUE IDS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE FROM START TO FINISH, UH, THE STAFF WILL EMAIL THEM A LINK TO THE FULL ONLINE APPLICATION.
THAT'S WHERE WE WILL COLLECT THEIR PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION.
UM, I WILL BE ABLE TO THEN FIGURE OUT IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE.
UH, WE WILL REQUEST THAT THEY HAVE UPLOADED ALL THEIR INFORMATION IN 21 CALENDAR DAYS, UH, PROGRAM STAFF WILL VERIFY THE INFORMATION AND DETERMINE THEIR ELIGIBILITY.
THAT APPLICANT WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THEIR UNIT AND, UM, SIGN A CONTRACT AND PROCEED THROUGH THE REST OF, UM, FROM MORTGAGE TO CLOSING.
HERE'S THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR, UH, FABULOUS WEBSITE THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, NOTE THAT A LOT OF WORDS ARE UP THERE, BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS WILL SERVE AS A WAY TO NOT ONLY MARKET, BUT ALSO EDUCATE, UM, OUR HOUSEHOLDS ON WHAT A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST IS AND WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE TO THEM.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE PRICES FOR THE TWO, THREE AND FOUR BEDROOMS, WHICH ARE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE.
THEY ARE BASED ON THE 80% OF THE AUSTIN MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, BUT THE PRICING IS ACTUALLY BASED ON ONLY 65% OF THOSE INCOMES.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER, UH, THE FOUR BEDROOM FOR 2 46, WHICH IS AMAZING.
IT ALSO WALKS THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER THEIR APPLICATION HAS BEEN CHOSEN.
YOU CAN GO INTO THE NEXT ONE, SORRY.
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY PRICING, UM, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ONE BEDROOMS OR STUDIOS AVAILABLE.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING TWO, THREE AND FOUR BEDROOMS UP HERE.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE TO LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES HERE IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
WE'RE TAKING A PHASED APPROACH TO OFFERING THE 28 TOTAL PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE.
WE'LL START OFF WITH A PILOT, UM, 10, 18 LINDEN THAT WILL OPEN LATER THIS MONTH.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY WILL GO IN GROUPS OF FOURS AND FIVES ONE, OBVIOUSLY TO BETTER UTILIZE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING THE LOTTERY AND ALSO LOTTERY TO CLOSE, BUT ALSO AS A WAY TO NOT JUST THROW SOMETHING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOPE THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO WITH THIS PHASED APPROACH, WE'RE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU ENTERED OR MAYBE YOU WILL DO THE APPLICATION AND THOUGHT, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M QUITE MORTGAGE READY, BUT YOU CAN GET MORTGAGE READY IN THE NEXT 12
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TO 18 MONTHS, WHICH IS ABOUT HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE US TO GET THROUGH, UM, THE 28 HOMES.AND UP THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE IN EACH DISTRICT AND THE APPROXIMATE LOTTERY PERIOD THAT WE'RE OPEN.
WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO SELL NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THERE IS A SECTION SPECIFICALLY ON THE WEBSITE WHERE THEY CAN LOOK AT THE ACTUAL HOMES FOR SALE.
SO IT'S JUST LIKE A REGULAR LISTING.
AND ALTHOUGH IT'S KIND OF SQUISHED, YOU CAN SEE HERE 10, 18 LINDEN, WHICH IS OUR FIRST HOME THAT WE'RE GOING TO OFFER.
UM, SO THERE'S A MAP AND THEN IT LETS THEM KNOW BEDROOM SIZE, HOW MANY BATHROOMS, SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND OBVIOUSLY PICTURES OF THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE HOMES.
SO ALL VERY NORMAL STUFF WHEN PURCHASING A HOME.
SO WHAT'S NEXT, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE PILOT THAT WILL OPEN, UM, LATER THIS MONTH AND THEN APPROXIMATELY JUNE, WE'LL START ON FIVE PROPERTIES AND THEY'LL COME IN GROUPS OF FOURS AND FIVES.
THE FIRST HOME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE LOTTERY THERE.
I MEAN, BEDROOMS, UM, TWO 19 LINDEN IS A THREE THREE-TWO.
IT IS EXCITING IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES.
I HOPE THAT'S THE HARDEST QUESTION I HAVE, BUT IF NOT UNTIL I'LL TAKE THE OTHER ONES, UM, VERY BASIC QUESTIONS.
UM, AGAIN, TRYING TO FAMILIARIZE MYSELF WITH, UH, THE, UH, MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF, UH, OF, UH, THE CITY.
HOW DO WE GET THE PROPERTIES? UH, HOW DO WE GET THE LAND, UH, IN ORDER TO DO THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM? SURE.
SO THE, SO WE HAVE 20, LET ME START HERE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE 15 THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE GROUND.
UM, WE'RE ADDING 28 TO THAT PORTFOLIO.
25, 20 OF THOSE WERE HAWKER HOMES THAT WE DID RENOVATIONS TO 20.
I SAID, YEAH, YEAH, 20 MANY OF THEM, WE PURCHASED USING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, A PORTFOLIO OF 20 HOMES THAT WAS, UH, OWNED BY HAKA.
AND THEY UTILIZED IT FOR, UH, FAMILIES USING HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS.
AND THEN THEY PUT THE PORTFOLIO OUT FOR SALE THAT GAVE US THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.
SO WE PURCHASED THOSE ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE REHAB OF THOSE HOMES.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONES HAVE BEEN SOMETIMES CONVERSION FROM OUR LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM OVER.
UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE TWO AREAS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WAYS TO KEEP ADDING.
AND, BUT SO TITLE TO THE LAND IS WITH THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATE THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'LL RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND.
UM, THIS WILL ACTUALLY SO LESS COST BURDEN TO THE PURCHASER AND AS THEY, WHEN THEY'RE IN THE UNIT, LESS COST BURDEN AS FAR AS PAYING TOXICS.
SO, AND ARE THESE, UH, INHERITABLE? YES, THEY CAN BE PASSED DOWN TO IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
UM, AS LONG AS IT'S WRITTEN IN THE WILL, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE INCOME CERTIFICATION AS LONG AS ITS SPOUSE, DOMESTIC SPOUSE PARTNER OR, UM, CHILD.
AND, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE LOTTERY.
WE'LL RUN OUR FIRST ONE AND WE'LL SEE THE EXCITEMENT.
WE'LL SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN.
I IMAGINE MANY, MANY, MANY IMAGINE NUMBER.
SO, SO THIS REALLY IS LIKE A LOTTERY, YOU KNOW, THERE, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A HANDFUL OF HOMES AND YOU NEED A LITTLE LUCK, HUH? YES.
THIS IS HUGELY EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES STARTING TO BECOME ONLINE.
UM, I, I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THE ONES THAT MIGHT BE IN DISTRICT DATA TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION TODAY, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW.
AND ALSO IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE THAT WE CAN SHARE IN OUR NEWSLETTER, I WOULD LOVE TO CIRCULATE THE WORD WITHIN DISTRICT DATE AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO SUBSCRIBED TO MY NEWSLETTER BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE.
AND WE CERTAINLY LOVE AND WELCOME PEOPLE TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS, WHETHER THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, UM, PROVIDING A HOME FOR THE COMMUNITY OR, OR BEING ABLE TO MOVE INTO A HOME AND IN A PLACE THAT HAS GREAT SCHOOLS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND JUST SHARE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN WITH MY OFFICE.
WE DO HAVE A MEMO GOING TO COUNSEL SOON.
SO AS SOON AS THAT'S DISTRIBUTED, YOU'LL HAVE, I'M SURE WHAT YOU NEED FOR AT LEAST FOR THE NEWSLETTER, BUT IF NOT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU MIGHT NEED.
AND SEAN DOES, CAN I JUMP IN FOR ONE SEC REGARDING DISTRICT EIGHT? I DO NOT BELIEVE ANY OF OUR 28 HOMES ARE IN DISTRICT
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EIGHT, BUT HAVING SAID THAT WE HAVEN'T REACHED EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL DISTRICT WITH OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.OUR INTENTION IS TO GET THERE.
UM, AND I WILL SAY, UH, ONE OF OUR, UM, TENANTS OF OUR, UH, UH, LAND ACQUISITION STRATEGY WITH OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION, THE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN LAND ACQUISITION IS TO ACQUIRE LAND ACROSS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, IN ALIGNMENT WITH PROJECT CONNECT COUNCIL MEMBER.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ACQUIRED SOME VACANT LAND IN DISTRICT EIGHT, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
AND ONE OF OUR GOALS WHEN WE PUT THOSE PROPERTIES OUT FOR SOLICITATION SHOULD IN FACT, ALL OR A PORTION OF IT BEFORE HOME OWNERSHIP, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL.
THUS FAR, WE HAVE PUT OUT THREE, UH, PARCELS FOR SOLICITATION.
UH, TWO OF THOSE HAVE OWNERSHIP, UH, COMPONENTS.
UM, THOSE ARE BOTH BEING DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT HAS ITS OWN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
UM, AND SO THIS IS A PERFECT MECHANISM TO ENSURE LONGTERM AFFORDABILITY.
SO AGAIN, FOR ANY PARCELS, UM, INCLUDING ANY PARCELS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, WHERE WE DO SEE AN OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL IS DEPLOYED.
I HAD, I HAD SEEN IT LISTED ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, BUT THAT JUST, I THINK WE HAVE ONE, ONE, BUT, AND ONE IS GREAT, BUT YES, WELL, WE'RE STILL HAPPY TO SPREAD THE WORD SO YOU CAN HAVE IT.
DOESN'T RESTRICT ANYONE IN AUSTIN FROM APPLYING THIS WHERE THE RESIDENTS CAN APPLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA YEAH.
THIS IS SUPER, SUPER EXCITING.
I'M REALLY JUST THRILLED TO SEE, TO SEE THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS BEING UNVEILED.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF, ALL OF OUR HOUSING STAFF FOR WORK IN MAKING THAT, UM, AND GETTING THAT UP AND GOING.
AND I KNOW THE PREFERENCE POLICY HAS BEEN JUST MANY YEARS IN, IN FRUITION AND, OR COMING TO FRUITION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK BOTH OUR HOUSING STAFF, BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO GIVE APPRECIATION TO ASHLEY RICHARDSON ON MY STAFF WHO WORKED ON THIS REALLY, REALLY CLOSELY WITH LAW FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE, UM, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA AND TRISH LINK, UM, FROM LAW JUST WORKED ON THIS ENDLESSLY.
SO I THINK I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE, BUT ALSO BY, UH, MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES.
AND SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT IN ABOUT TO BE ROLLED OUT WHEN WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT INITIALLY.
AND I THINK THE STAFF'S FIRST MEMO TALKED ABOUT IT ALSO BEING APPLIED TO RENTAL PROPERTIES.
DO WE KNOW HOW SOON THAT MIGHT BE PILOTED OR IS THAT ALREADY TAKING PLACE IN SOME OF THE AHS HFC PROPERTIES? WE DON'T HAVE, UH, A TIMELINE FOR PILOTING THE RENTAL SIDE BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO BREAK THIS SYSTEM THE FIRST TIME HERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT WORKS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION AT A LATER DATE.
SO NIKKI VERY MUCH, I LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING IN TOUCH ON THAT.
AND WE HAD, UM, SUBMITTED A BUDGET RIDER AND ALL THIS INFORMATION I POSTED OR ASHLEY POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD TODAY SO THAT WE ALL HAD IT.
UM, WE DID DO A BUDGET RIDER ASKING FOR ANY AND IN PART FOR FEEDBACK ON WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES YOU MIGHT NEED SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE OUR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AND OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS AND OTHERS TO ALSO USE THE PREFERENCE POLICY.
SO LET'S KEEP IN TOUCH ON THAT PART TOO.
BUT AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO LOOK FORWARD TO SPREADING THE NEWS ABOUT, ABOUT THE APRIL LOTTERY AND THE ONES TO COME AND COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I COULD JUMP IN, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT FOR AGAIN, THE SOLICITATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THUS FAR, THE HFC SOLICITATION.
SO ONE ON TILLERY, ONE ON TANNEHILL AND ONE ON GARDNER LANE.
THOSE ARE ALL IN PRE-DEVELOPMENT, UH, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD, BUT ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE SOLICITATION WAS REQUIRING THAT THE DEVELOPERS, INCLUDING DEVELOPERS OF, UM, RENTAL HOUSING UTILIZE NOT NECESSARILY OUR PREFERENCE POLICY, WE GAVE THEM THE EXAMPLE OF OUR PREFERENCE POLICY, BUT A PREFERENCE POLICY THAT WOULD PREFERENCE POPULATIONS THAT ARE PRONE TO, UH, DISPLACEMENT.
UM, AND SO THE DEVELOPERS WHO WERE AWARDED HAVE ALL AGREED TO PURSUE, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT HOW THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
WE WILL WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEM, BUT AS SHONDA POINTS OUT, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS OUR PILOT.
IT IS THE FIRST MANAGEABLE PIECE, UM, OF, OF PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEPLOYING THE TRUE PREFERENCE POLICY THAT WAS, UH, LAID OUT IN THE MEMO THAT WENT TO COUNCIL, I THINK IN 2019.
UH, KALI THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM,
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IF NOT, WE'RE[6. Identify items to discuss at a future meeting.]
MOVING ON TO A FUTURE ITEMS. UH, IF ANY OF Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING THAT WANTS TO BE POSTED ON THE, ON OUR AGENDA OR ON OUR NEXT AGENDA, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE.UH, MY CHEAPEST STAFF, IT'D BE, UH, TAKING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED.
SO, UH, JUST CONTACT HER AND, AND, UH, IS THERE NOTHING ELSE I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING TODAY, THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, UH, THE TIME, IF SOMEONE CAN TELL ME THE TIME I LEFT MY WASHINGTON EIGHT.
SO THIS MEANS THAT AT 4 38, THANK YOU.
SOMETIMES IT GETS SO HARD TO FIND A LITTLE PIECE.