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Yolo County Housing Authority shifts first‑phase strategy for Donnelly/Yolano repositioning to protect Choice Neighborhoods grants
Summary
Staff reported a strategic change: the first phase (Tupelo) will focus on 73 units incorporating scattered replacement units from smaller towns to avoid jeopardizing a HUD Choice Neighborhoods planning award and to preserve eligibility for future implementation funding.
Ian Evans, executive director of Yolo County Housing, on Jan. 22 updated the commission on a change in strategy for the Yolano and Donnelly public‑housing repositioning project and the first‑phase “Tupelo” redevelopment.
Evans said staff executed a HUD Choice Neighborhoods planning grant and are the co‑applicant on a $500,000 SAICOG Engage, Empower, and Implement planning grant with the City of Woodland. He also said Yolo County Housing submitted an $18,600,000 EPA environmental and climate justice grant and a $5,400,000 Sutter Health Community Benefit application and is awaiting results.
Because HUD’s Choice Neighborhoods implementation grant (which can be up to $50 million)…
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