Council OKs $299,770 HOME reallocation to housing authority contract for affordable units

Community and Neighborhood Services staff asked the panel to reallocate $299,770.38 in HOME funds into a 2024 contract with the local housing authority to support the development of affordable housing. The panel approved the request.

Speaker 2 said the requested $299,770.38 would be added to a housing authority contract that, when combined with amounts approved in 2013 and 2014, would total $1,008,890.60. Staff described the project as a multi‑phase development with 54 total homes; they said 25 units had been completed in an earlier phase and the current phase would add 25 more units. Staff also noted a separate infrastructure contribution of approximately $2,600,000.

During discussion Speaker 3 and others clarified that phasing was required because of funding amounts; Speaker 3 asked how many homes this phase would add and staff answered that it would add 25 units. A staff comment later said that, of the 25 already complete, the HHA portion would "probably give you additional 8," indicating project unit distribution between funding partners is phased and partially contingent on other contributions.

Speaker 1 moved for approval (SEG 094–095) and Speaker 3 seconded (SEG 096); a voice vote followed and the motion passed (SEG 097–099). The transcript does not include a roll-call tally. The transcript records expressions of appreciation after the vote.

Questions about exact unit distribution across funding partners and how many units the housing authority portion will ultimately deliver were raised in the discussion; the transcript records staff estimates but does not provide a final, verified unit-by-unit accounting.