DATE: November 9, 2017
TO: Members of the Housing & Redevelopment Authority
FROM: Janine Atchison, Housing Coordinator
Title
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) 2018 Allocation
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SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED:
Review allocation of program year 2018 CDBG funds.
BACKGROUND:
Each year the Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA) receives approximately $61,000 in CDBG funds through the Dakota County Community Action Agency (CDA). The HRA must make application for the funds in early January. The application must outline how the funds are to be used.
Current Northfield CDBG programs are:
* Down Payment Assistance
* Residential Rehabilitation
* Rental Rehabilitation (downtown)
* Greenvale Sidewalk
Considerations for CDBG Projects
The HRA has received request for funds from the Northfield Union of Youth (NUY) for their Youth Homelessness Program and Common Bond Communities for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Koester Court.
When considering where to place allocated CDBG funds the HRA should note:
In recent years HUD has mandated that any CDBG funds will be recaptured if not used within 4 years of the allocation date. Staff recently learned from the CDA that unused funds will be subject to redistribution in January of the 3rd program year.
CDA will review all unused funds approximately one year before they are subject of recapture. Each grantee agency will be required to have funds committed to specific projects or funds will be re-distributed to other Dakota County grantee agencies for use.
HUD strongly urges grantee agencies to use all allocated CDBG funds within the first two years of allocation.
The HRA has received request for funds from the Northfield Union of Youth (NUY) for their Youth Homelessness Program and Common Bond Communities for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Koester Court.
ANALYSIS:
2018 Program Year CDBG Projects to be considered for CDBG funding:
* Koester Court Acquisition & Rehabilitation: May 11, 20...
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