DeKalb County Government - File #: 2022-1017

• File #: 2022-1017
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Action
• File created: 12/21/2021
• In control: Board of Commissioners
• On agenda: 2/8/2022
• Title: Commission District(s): All Appropriation of CDBG-CV Funds for the DeKalb County COVID-19 Mortgage Assistance Program administered by the Community Development Department to three (3) DeKalb County Non- Profit Agencies in the aggregate amount of $2,250,000.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/8/2022	1	Board of Commissioners	approved	Pass
1/25/2022	1	PECS-Planning, Economic Development & Community Services Committee	recommended for approval.	Pass
1/25/2022	1	Board of Commissioners	deferred to the next meeting	Pass
1/18/2022	1	Committee of the Whole	Accepted to the BOC agenda and assigned

Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Community Development

SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): All
Appropriation of CDBG-CV Funds for the DeKalb County COVID-19 Mortgage Assistance Program administered by the Community Development Department to three (3) DeKalb County Non- Profit Agencies in the aggregate amount of $2,250,000.
Body

Information Contact: Allen Mitchell, Director
Phone Number: 404-969-9921

PURPOSE:
To consider approving and authorizing $2,250,000 in CDBG-CV funds to launch a COVID-19 Mortgage Assistance Program to provide emergency payments for individuals or families impacted by coronavirus for emergency mortgage assistance to avoid evictions or foreclosures.

NEED/IMPACT:
DeKalb County received funding in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) funding based on the Federal appropriations formula. The Community Development Department has allocated $2.25 million of those funds for Mortgage and Arrearages Subsistence-Type Payments.

The DeKalb County Community Development Department through its nonprofit partner organizations will provide financial assistance for eligible DeKalb County homeowners. The DeKalb funds may be used as follows, Mortgage Reinstatement; Mortgage Default Resolution; Mortgage Payment Assistance; Property Charge Default Resolution.

FISCAL IMPACT:

#
Agency
Funding Total
Service Provided|10
10|Urban League of Greater Atlanta, Inc.
$1,100,000
Case Management and Mortgage Payments|1010|Our House, Inc.
$1,100,000
Case Management and Mortgage Payments|1010|Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
$50,000
Housing Counseling and Legal Services
No Impact to the County.

RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
To approve the appropriation of $2,250,000 in CDBG-CV funds to launch a COVID-19 Mortgage Assistance Program administered by the Community Development Department to provide emergency payments for individuals or families impacted by coron...