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Housing department presents multiple subrecipient and HOPWA amendments, rental-assistance audit interlocal
Summary
HCDD presented five subrecipient amendments (CDBG, CPF and HOPWA) to continue public services, expand workforce training, and extend supportive housing contracts; staff also proposed an interlocal with Harris County for audit-related emergency rental assistance administration funds.
Housing department staff presented a package of subrecipient amendments and related items during the committee meeting on May 27.
Melody Barr outlined five subrecipient amendments: a first amendment to Career and Recovery Resources, Inc. to provide up to $244,427 in CDBG funds for an employment training and substance use disorder program serving roughly 120 people (extension to 03/31/2026); a first amendment to Sarah Jobs for Progress adding $105,836.20 in Community Project Funds (CPF) to continue Financial Empowerment Centers at four multipurpose centers (no time extension); a first amendment to Houston Community College (HCC) to add nine campuses and budget line items (no time extension) and expand training to electrical/solar technician certifications; two HOPWA-first amendments—one to Houston SRO for an additional $139,327 (extend to 09/30/2025) serving at least 33 very low-income households living with HIV, and one to Houston Health, Inc. for an additional $200,000 (extend to 09/30/2025) serving at least 50 such households.
Barr also described an interlocal agreement with Harris County providing up to $40,000 in emergency rental assistance (ERA) administration funds tied to an independent program audit conducted after U.S. Treasury desk reviews. Barr said the exact dollar figure might be reduced ("it might just be around $28,000"), and that the Houston-Harris County Emergency Rental Assistance program previously provided more than $300 million in rental relief to roughly 77,000 households.
Barr identified program goals and noted that some amendments were extensions to keep agreements active while HOPWA NOFA work concluded. Several outside organization representatives were in the audience for their items, including Nikki Agueno (Career and Recovery Resources), Roberto Howard (Financial Services director), Dr. Miguel Ramos (HCC), Oriane Pynchon (Houston SRO) and Patrice Bradford (Houston Health, Inc.).
No committee vote is recorded in the transcript; staff presented the recommended ordinances for future council consideration.
