REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Public Service Grant Amendment No.3 with Rebuilding Silicon Valley Together for the Rebuilding Minor Repair Program
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing, and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley's Minor Repair Program provides low-income homeowners (households at 80% of Area Median Income and below) with home rehabilitation services. The subsidy of home repairs for owner-occupied residences address substandard housing conditions and maintains affordable housing for a segment of the City's low-income residents. Assistance is in the form of grants to homeowners, and repairs can include roofs, hot water heaters, accessibility improvements, furnaces, bathroom repairs, and other maintenance needs. Grants may not exceed $25,000.
DISCUSSION
The City has historically conducted both loan and grant programs for the rehabilitation of single-family residences for low income residents in Santa Clara. These housing rehabilitation programs are funded with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) federal grant funds. Based on declining demand, the City recently reduced its funding for the loan-based Neighborhood Conservation Improvement Program (NCIP) for FY 2022/23 and has directed the bulk of its CDBG funds to support Capital Improvement Projects for public facilities and affordable housing. With the scaling back of the NCIP program, the City may see greater demand for its grant-based rehabilitation program. The City's partnership with Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley will provide flexibility for the City to continue to address the need for homeowner rehabilitation and meet demand for possible increases to the grant-based program utilizing CDBG funding.
Staff is seeking Council approval to amend the agreement with Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley to extend the term for another year and increase the not-to-exceed contract amount to ...
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