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City holds CDBG-DR update: $31M housing allocation, $10M multifamily NOFO, single‑family repair pipeline data shared
Summary
City staff reported a $31M CDBG-DR housing allocation, a signed subrecipient agreement to activate $3M for RenewNC single‑family repair, a $10M multifamily NOFO to be released Jan. 21, and program data showing 264 applications with 188 active in Asheville city limits.
Elma King, CDBG‑DR program manager, and Community Economic Development Director Nikki Reed updated the committee on Jan. 20 about the city's housing allocations and program timelines. King said the housing programs total $31,000,000, with $28,000,000 initially allocated to multifamily activities and $3,000,000 to single‑family repair; a proposed reallocation of $17,000,000 from multifamily to single‑family repair is on hold while staff gathers more data.
King said the city and the North Carolina Department of Commerce executed a subrecipient agreement to activate $3,000,000 for RenewNC single‑family home repair and to enable state data‑sharing. She reported 264 applications received within Asheville city limits: 188 active applications (94 in review and 94 considered eligible) and 76 inactive applications. Of the 94 eligible, 66 are households at or below 60% AMI and 47 are priority‑1 (households with an elderly person, a disabled resident or a child).
King summarized program caps: rehabilitation had been capped at $50,000 and reconstruction at $375,000; the state increased the reconstruction cap to $450,000 and raised the rehabilitation cap to $100,000 with case‑by‑case review for projects between $75,000 and $100,000. King said program rules include a three‑year residency requirement and state‑funded flood‑insurance premiums for one year as displacement‑mitigation measures, and that all activities must comply with relocation assistance and residential anti‑displacement plans.
On multifamily, King said the first Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a shovel‑ready multifamily construction program is scheduled for release Jan. 21 with an initial $10,000,000; responses will be due Feb. 25, with follow‑up to HCD and council anticipated in April. King also described the ARCHER home repair partnership: the city amended a contract to add $715,000 in city bond funds to provide storm‑related home repair, ARCHER completed 44 projects and currently has 126 households in its pipeline in the city.
Council members asked about inactive applications and funding trade‑offs; King said the state has told staff that no applicants have withdrawn due to temporary relocation inability and that the city will use the state data to analyze inactive reasons and funding gaps. The committee did not move the $17M reallocation and directed staff to return with additional data before pursuing a substantial amendment.
