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Salinas approves conditional awards for affordable housing but some council members question allocations
Summary
The Salinas City Council voted Nov. 18 to approve staff'recommended conditional awards from the latest NOFA, directing roughly $8 million toward three projects and $1.2 million for Republic Cafe stabilization. Council members pressed staff over readiness and unit yields, and staff said awards are conditional and subject to financing and entitlement steps.
Salinas City Council on Tuesday approved staff recommendations for preliminary awards from the city's recent Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), allocating about $8 million in local housing trust and federal funds to several multifamily and rehabilitation projects while leaving some applicants unfunded because they lacked project readiness.
The council's vote endorsed conditional awards recommended by city staff and presented by Orlando Reyes, assistant director of community development, who said staff prioritized 'readiness''''''entitlements, site control and near-term ability to expend funds''''' over simply maximizing the immediate unit count. ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
''''''''''''"What the NOFA showed us was more demand than supply," Reyes said. "We received requests that were more than double what was available, so we evaluated the applications based on the NOFA guidelines, conversations with developers and their ability to…
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