File #: 2024-1418    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Action
File created: 10/30/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 11/12/2024 Final action:
Title: Commission District(s): All Commission Districts Allocate $3 million ARP funds, with an option to add an additional $3 million ERA2 funds, to the Housing Authority of DeKalb County, Georgia for Construction and/or Renovation of Transitional Housing.

Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Chief Executive Office

SUBJECT:
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Commission District(s): All Commission Districts
Allocate $3 million ARP funds, with an option to add an additional $3 million ERA2 funds, to the Housing Authority of DeKalb County, Georgia for Construction and/or Renovation of Transitional Housing.
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Information Contact: Zachary L. Williams, Executive Assistant/COO
Phone Number: 404-371-4881

PURPOSE:
To authorize the allocation of $3 million dollars of ARP grant funds, with an option for an additional $3 million dollars ofERA2 grant funds, to the Housing Authority of DeKalb County, Georgia for the creation of Transitional Housing. Further, to direct the COO and County Attorney to negotiate a two phased subrecipient agreement with the Housing Authority to obligate the ARP funds by December 2024. Phase one shall require the Housing Authority to produce a development plan for the creation of the transitional housing by the first quarter of 2025 for approval by the governing authority. Once the development plan is approved, the subrecipient agreement shall allow phase two of the project to commence for the actual creation of the transitional housing. The housing will be created to comply with the regulatory requirements for the use of the grant funds, including but not limited to the proper qualification for those housed in the facility and covenants binding the property.

NEED/IMPACT:
The present demand for housing by those experiencing homelessness and/or facing the threat of homelessness necessitates the creation of transitional housing options. The County may enter a subrecipient agreement to allocate grant funds to the Housing Authority to facilitate the creation of new transitional housing options and thereby "obligate" the ARP grant funds by the end of 2024. The authorized use of ERA2 funds requires the County to meet certain prerequisite requirements such ...

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