The Dane County Health and Human Needs Committee on June 30 recommended approval of a resolution authorizing the county to enter a contract with Northpointe Development Corporation (and its affiliate Main Street Oregon LLC) to build a 24‑unit affordable housing development using $1,600,000 in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG‑DR) funds.

Deputy Director Iayu Kumre explained that CDBG‑DR funds are intended to help jurisdictions recover from a presidentially declared disaster and said this allocation would pay for construction of the affordable complex. Joanna Cervantes (division manager, Housing Access and Affordability) clarified that the project had previously received other county funding sources — affordable housing development funds and HOME dollars — and that the CDBG‑DR allocation would be an additional source to fill the affordability gap for the project.

Committee members asked whether the CDBG‑DR dollars were funding services or construction. Staff replied that the $1,600,000 is intended for construction; supportive services are typically arranged by the developer and partner agencies and not directly funded with these dollars in the county’s contract. The transcript records that staff was still confirming the names of service partners and that the county’s CDBG‑DR award is the project’s third identified source of county-administered housing funding.

Supervisor Rylander moved approval; with no discussion or objections, the motion carried unanimously. The committee’s recommendation advances the contract for execution by the county executive and county clerk. Staff did not present specific timelines for construction or list final service partners during the meeting.