REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Oliver Chi, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Director of Community Development
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Authorization to Collaborate with the County of Orange and American Family Housing to Submit an Application for the Homekey Program Grant Funding Initiative
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Statement of Issue:
In September 2021, the State released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) in the amount of $1.45 billion as part of the "Homekey Program" ("Homekey") to sustain and rapidly expand the inventory of housing for people experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness through the development of housing opportunities, including, but not limited to, the conversion of motels/hotels into permanent supportive housing or interim housing.
Given the Homekey program parameters, coupled with the need for permanent supportive housing (PSH) in the City, a motel location was identified as a possible acquisition target, at 17251 Beach Boulevard (the "Project"). In order to complete the application process, the City has been in discussions with the County and American Family Housing about applying for Homekey funds to acquire and convert the Project. As part of that process, the City has identified $4.21 million in restricted local housing related funds that are available to contribute as matching funds to aid in this effort.
If approved by the City Council to proceed with the Homekey application effort, American Family Housing in partnership with National Community Renaissance ("National Core") (collectively, the "Developer") will be a co-applicant with the County of Orange (the "County") on the Homekey application. The State has indicated that requests for funding will be evaluated on a first come, first served basis. Funding commitments are required to ensure the Homekey application is complete and competitive, and therefore, the City Council is requested to adopt a resolu...
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