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TO ORDER.[Housing and Community Affairs Committee on February 21, 2023]
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 2023.AND UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING FULLY IN CHAMBERS.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, THAT ARE WATCHING VIA, UH, HTV, UH, THIS MEETING WILL BROADCAST LIVE ON HTV AND ON FACEBOOK LIVE, AND A RECORDED VERSION WILL BE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS.
I WOULD LIKE TO WISH, UH, WELCOME TO ALL OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN CHAMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ASHA JACKSON AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PECK'S OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ALCORN'S OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER CIRO'S IS IN CHAMBER AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KU BOSS'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST SCHEDULE TODAY AND WE'LL HEAR A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS FROM THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL HEAR ON THE FOLLOWING, COMPLIANCE AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION REGARDING AN AUTHORIZATION OF THE USE OF C-D-B-G-D-R 16 FUNDS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE GLO.
WE'LL HEAR FROM PUBLIC SERVICES, A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY, HOUSTON HEALTH, HOUSTON, SSRO, HOUSING CORPORATION, ACCESS CARE OF COASTAL TEXAS AIDS FOUNDATION, HOUSTON, THE HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH, AND IDD AND SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES.
AND WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM OUR SINGLE FAMILY DIVISION REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO THE NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, HOME BUYER CHOICE PROGRAM OPERATIONS GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE HOUSTON LAND BANK AND THE HOUSTON HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GUIDELINES.
WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES DIVISION.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE'LL HAVE DIRECTOR COMMENTS WHERE THE, UH, UH, DIRECTOR KEITH BYNUM WILL, UM, INTRODUCE, UH, THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT AND CEO DAVID, NORTHERN SENIOR AND THE BOARD CHAIR LAUREN SNOWDEN.
SO BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, HTV, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE SHOW US IN CHAMBERS, UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS SYNCED UP.
SO DURING THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL ALLOW FOR AN OPPORTUNITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS.
OF COURSE, I JUST ASK BECAUSE THE AGENDA IS SO ROBUST IF YOU ALLOW EACH DIVISION TO COMPLETE.
AND AFTER THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL TAKE, UH, QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS SIGNED UP TODAY.
HOWEVER, IF WE, WE DO, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, UM, SIGN UP, I WILL ALLOW TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UH, AND NAAN WILL MANAGE THE TIME.
AND SO IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK, UH, KENNY WILL GET YOU SIGNED UP AND WE'LL GET, UH, WE'LL GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
GOOD TO BACK IN CHAMBERS, HUH? IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
UH, AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO, WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED WITH OUR COMPLIANCE AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT, UH, MAKING THAT PRESENTATION AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KENISHA LUMBER.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDING FOR THE 2016 FLOODS.
THE GLO PROPOSES TO AMEND THE CONTRACT TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT TERM FROM APRIL 30TH, 2023 TO APRIL 30TH, 2024.
ALSO TO REVISE AND REPLACE CERTAIN LANGUAGE TO CORRECT ADMINISTRATIVE ERRORS AND UPDATE REQUIRED LANGUAGE.
AND FINALLY, IT WILL REVISE THE REVISED FEDERAL ASSURANCES AND CERTIFICATIONS AND THE NON-EXCLUSIVE LIST OF APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ADD OR UPDATE THE REQUIRED LANGUAGE.
ARE THEY GONNA EXTEND THE SAME THING FOR D 17? NOT AT THIS TIME.
UM,
RIGHT? DR 16 IS MOSTLY, UM, FOR BUYOUT PROPERTIES, AND SO IT'S TO EXTEND THAT EXTRA YEAR TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THOSE, UM, PROPERTIES AND THAT'S IT.
THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM.
AS, UH, THE CHAIR SAID, WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST PRESENTATION, SO COMING UP NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC SERVICES.
WE HAVE SIX ITEMS IN THAT CATEGORY.
UH, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MELANIE BARR, WILL DO THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, ITEM THREE A, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING BEFORE COMMITTEE, A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH HOUSTON HELP INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE UP TO $406,614 IN HOUSE, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS FUNDS COMMONLY
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REFERRED TO AS HOPWA TO OPERATE A 50 UNIT PERMANENT HOUSING COMMUNITY RESIDENTS FOR VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED BY HIV AIDS.THIS COMMUNITY RESIDENCE OFFERS PERMANENT HOUSING WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDE HOUSING, CASE MANAGEMENT, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, CHILDCARE REFERRALS, AND LIFE SKILLS TRAINING.
THIS COMMUNITY RESIDENCE CONSISTS OF A 52 BEDROOM UNITS, OR UP TO FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS MAY BE HOUSED.
HOUSTON HEALTH HAS RECEIVED HOPWA FUNDING FROM THE CITY SINCE 1998.
THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO RUN FROM APRIL 1ST, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2024.
THERE WERE NO FINDINGS OR CONCERNS IN THEIR 2022 MONITORING PERIOD.
AND TODAY WE HAVE BILL HALEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ORAIN PINSON CORPORATE FACILITIES DIRECTOR HERE WITH US IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU CAN WAVE YOUR HAND.
THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTING A, A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH HOUSTON SRO HOUSING CORPORATION, PROVIDING UP TO $284,284 AND 27 CENTS IN HOPPO FUNDS TO FINANCE THE ADMINISTRATION OPERATION OF A 33 UNIT PERMANENT HOUSING FACILITY DEDICATED TO HOUSING, VERY LOW INCOME SINGLE ADULT LIVING WITH HIV OR AIDS HOUSTON, SRO.
ANTICIPATES SERVING A MINIMUM OF 33 CLIENTS ANNUALLY.
AND THE SUPPORT SERVICES OFFERED TO THOSE BEING SERVED AT HOUSTON SRO INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, REFERRALS FOR SERVICES INCLUDING GENERAL HEALTH SERVICES, JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING.
THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO RUN APRIL 1ST, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2024.
AGAIN, THERE WERE NO FINDINGS OR CONCERNS DURING THEIR 2022 MONITORING PERIOD.
HOUSTON SRR HAS RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THE CITY FOR VARIOUS AGREEMENTS SINCE 1998.
AND AGAIN, BILL HALEY AND RM HENSON ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ITEM THREE C, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH ACCESS CARE OF COASTAL TEXAS INCORPORATED, ALSO KNOWN AS A CCT, TO PROVIDE UP TO $1,052,034 FOR FINANCING THE OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF SERVICES TO A MINIMUM OF 175 LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED BY OR LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS SERVICES.
PROVIDES ALSO INCLUDE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO 74 HOUSEHOLDS, SHORT TERM RENT, MORTGAGE UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO 80 HOUSEHOLDS, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ALL 175 HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH INCLUDES PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT, HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, NUTRITIONAL AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
A CCT HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 2006, AND THIS AGREEMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO RUN FROM MAY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH APRIL 30TH, 2024.
NO FINDINGS OR CONCERNS DURING THEIR 2022 MONITORING PERIOD.
AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS PROGRAM IS LOCATED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S HOPWA PROGRAM ADMINISTER FUNDS TO A NINE COUNTY REGION, WHICH INCLUDES AUSTIN BRAZORIA CHAMBER, FORT BEND, GALVESTON, HARRIS, LIBERTY, MONTGOMERY, AND WALLER COUNTIES.
TODAY WE HAVE LESLIE SUMMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND STEVE STARKEY, THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER HERE IN ATTENDANCE.
ITEM 3D, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH AIDS FOUNDATION HOUSTON FOR FINANCING THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THREE SEPARATE MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, SERVING A MINIMUM OF 136 HOUSEHOLDS IN ADDITION TO TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO 60 HOUSEHOLDS, SHORT-TERM RENT, MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO 100 HOUSEHOLDS, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ALL 356 HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH INCLUDE 60 HOUSEHOLDS OF PERMANENT HOUSING, PLACEMENT FUNDING, HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, NUTRITIONAL AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, ALL SERVING LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY HIV OR AIDS AIDS FOUNDATION.
HOUSTON HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 1994.
THIS FUNDING REQUEST IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,614,761 AND 72 CENTS UTILIZING THE HOPA FUNDING.
THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO RUN FROM APRIL 1ST, 2023 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, 2024.
NO FINDINGS OR CONCERNS DURING THEIR 2022 MONITORING PERIOD.
AND TODAY WE HAVE MARCUS BEIS, CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER HERE IN ATTENDANCE.
ITEM THREE E THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND IDD, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE HARRIS CENTER, PROVIDING UP TO $2,199,970 AND 86 CENTS.
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CARES ACT FUNDING.
YOU WILL SEE THIS NOTED AS C-D-B-G-C-V FUNDING WILL HELP PREVENT AND RESPOND TO THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19.
THIS FINANCING WILL SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION
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AND OPERATION OF A BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE TEAM, WHERE IT WILL SERVE A MINIMUM OF 400 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SERVICES THROUGH THE WAY HOME PROGRAM.SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ACCESS, OR I'M SORRY, TO ASSESS EACH CLIENT FOR THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS.
THE HARRISON WILL PROVIDE CLINICAL SUPPORT, SUBSTANCE USE, SUPPORT, AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO HAVE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AROUND THOSE THAT ARE HOUSED AND TO HELP ENSURE THEY MAINTAIN HOUSING LONG TERM.
IN 2022, THERE WAS A TRI-PARTY REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST CONDUCTED BY THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS HARRIS COUNTY AND CITY OF HOUSTON.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE HARRIS CENTER WAS SELECTED TO RECEIVE FUNDING AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY-WIDE COVID HOUSING PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE HARRIS CENTER HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM PUBLIC SERVICES.
THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS ANTICIPATED TO RUN APRIL 1ST, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2024.
AND THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR, OUR PHASE TWO, UM, UM, PROGRAM TIMELINE TODAY WE HAVE AMBER HASSINGER, PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND PRISCILLA RAMIREZ BUDGET ANALYST HERE IN ATTENDANCE.
AND OUR LAST ITEM IS ITEM THREE F.
THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING BEFORE COMMITTEE, A FOURTH AND FINAL AMENDMENT TO THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES TO EXTEND THE TIME OF, TO EXTEND THE TIME OF PERFORMANCE TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2023, AND PROVIDE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $1,020,000 FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF THE MOBILE OUTREACH TEAM.
THE WELCOME CENTER AND HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR UP TO A MINIMUM OF 600 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF THREE FUNDING STREAMS, 660,000 OF CDBG FUNDS, 260,000 OF HOMELESS HOUSING SERVICES PROGRAM FUNDS, AND 100,000 OF TS FUNDING.
I DO WANNA CALL IT AN ERROR ON THE COVER SHEET YOU RECEIVED TODAY.
IT INDICATES THAT THE TS FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATION COSTS.
IN REALITY, THE THREE FUNDING STREAMS ARE BRAIDED THROUGHOUT BOTH PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES.
FOR THE MOBILE OUTREACH PROGRAM INCLUDE THE OUTREACH TEAM, THE OUTREACH TEAM, TRAVELING THROUGH HOUSTON, PROVIDING INTERACTIONS WITH THOSE ON THE STREET AND OTHER PLACES, NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN HABITATION BY ASSISTING THEM IN PROVIDING INTERVENTIONS, ASSESSMENTS, AND REFERRAL AND REFERRALS TO HOUSING SERVICES.
THE WELCOME CENTER IS ESSENTIALLY A DAY SHELTER THAT ENGAGES CLIENTS TO SERVE AS AN ENTRY POINT ON FRONT DOOR FOR THE CONTINUUM OF SERVICES THAT FACILITATES MOVEMENT TOWARDS STABILIZED EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
AND THE HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT WERE FORMALLY HOMELESS WITH DISABLING CONDITIONS.
THE PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS PLACED IN HOUSING TO CONTINUE THEIR STABILITY AND ONGOING WORK TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
TODAY WE HAVE, UH, I'M SORRY, SEARCH HAS RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH THE CITY SINCE 2000.
THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY MONITORING FINDINGS IN THEIR, IN THEIR LAST MONITORING REVIEW.
AND WE HAVE ALEXIS LOVING THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER WITH SEARCH HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
BEFORE I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT OUR ITEMS, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE MAYOR PROTE, DAVE MARTINS IN THE CHAMBERS STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX'S OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER MARIANNE HUFFMAN IS IN CHAMBERS.
STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, EXCUSE ME, VICE MAYOR PRO TIM'S OFFICE AND COUN STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER'S OFFICE ARE ALL IN CHAMBERS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
I'M ALWAYS, UM, INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SERVICES AND THE IMPACT AND THE REACH, AND I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS WHEN THESE ITEMS COME BEFORE US AND THEY SAY ALL DISTRICTS, UM, I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN I LOOK AT SEARCH AND WHILE OUR HOMELESS EFFORTS ARE ROBUST AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN CAN, AND WE'RE LEADING IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT A FEW THINGS.
ONE, HOW DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS OUT IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITIES? I WANT TO, UH, BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE ON THE WEST SIDE TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF RESOURCES.
AND THEN THE SECOND, UM, THING, PARTICULARLY AROUND HAWA, I, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME, THERE PROBABLY IS A TIME THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT THOSE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS, IT'S LONG GONE.
RIGHT? WE'VE, WE'VE MOVED PAST THAT AND THE IMPACT IS TREMENDOUS HERE.
UM, FOR THESE ITEMS, AND MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS ON BEHALF OF THE AGENCIES, ARE THESE NEW CLIENTS THAT THEY'RE ONBOARDING OR CURRENT CLIENTS ALREADY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AGENCY? IT'S BOTH.
FOR HOPWA SPECIFICALLY IT'S BOTH.
SO, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THE BEST WAY I CAN PARALLEL IT IS, IS VERY SIMILAR TO A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER.
AS LONG AS THE CLIENT IS ELIGIBLE AND UNDER HOPWA, THE ELIGIBILITY FOR TBRA IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS UNDER 50% AREA MEDIUM INCOME, AND YOU MUST HAVE A POSITIVE DIAGNOSIS.
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WITHIN THAT, THAT REACH, THEN YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT PROGRAM.FOR ONGOING SERVICES, IT'S PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, TYPICALLY WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 INDIVIDUALS ON THE TBRA THAT, UM, THAT TURN OVER.
SO IT IS A VERY, UM, HARD PROGRAM TO GET INTO.
UM, AND, AND, AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T LEAVE THAT PROGRAM, BUT IT IS TARGETED FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT PROBABLY CANNOT GET EMPLOYMENT, CANNOT INCREASE INCOME ON THEIR OWN.
AND I WILL SAY THAT WE PAIR THAT WITH SHORT TERM RENT, MORTGAGE UTILITY ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY HOUSING.
SO THEY CAN'T MAKE THE UTILITY PAYMENT OR THEY CAN'T MAKE RENT.
THAT'S WHAT THAT PARTICULAR AND MORTGAGE.
SO THEY, WE DO OFFER MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.
AND THAT WAS MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION IN, UM, HOW AS A DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD I COMMUNICATE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, BUT KNOWING THAT IT'S A HARD PROGRAM TO GET IN, RIGHT? HOW DO, UM, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS DO WE BELIEVE ARE IN THE QUEUE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE SERVED IF THERE WERE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES? I WOULD LIKE TO BROADLY SHARE THIS DURING DECEMBER, WORLD AIDS DAY, RIGHT? OR BLACK HIV AIDS WEEK, WHICH WAS THE SECOND WEEK IN FEBRUARY.
SO, UM, THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION I THINK IS REALLY HELPFUL, UM, FOR AGENCIES TO COMMUNICATE OUT.
LIKE THAT'S HOW WE'RE, THAT'S HOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE INTERPRETING THIS.
WHERE'S THIS GOING? HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE IN THIS? HOW DO WE SERVE MORE? RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF Y'ALL CAN PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE NOTE THAT WE PAIR, WE, UM, PARTNER WITH THE RYAN WHITE PLANNING COUNCIL.
SO THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL, I HAD BEEN SITTING ON THAT PLANNING COUNCIL AND I DO HAVE STAFF THAT SIT ON THAT PLANNING COUNCIL.
THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF PUTTING OUT WHAT THEY CALL AS THE BLUE BOOK.
THE BLUE BOOK GOES TO, UM, MANY, MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEAL WITH PERSONS THAT ARE AFFECTED WITH HIV.
AND THAT IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF RESOURCES.
UM, LIKE, LIKE YOUR YELLOW PAGES.
IT'S THE BLUE BOOK FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HIV AND AIDS AND ALL OF OUR INFORMATION IS LISTED IN THERE.
SO WE'LL DEFINITELY GET YOU GUYS A COPY OF THAT.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE REGARDING PUBLIC SERVICES.
UH, COMING UP NEXT IS, UH, WE HAVE SIX ITEMS WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT ON SINGLE FAMILY AND MAKING THAT PRESENTATION AS DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UH, CEDRIC LA SAINT.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M PRESENTING ITEMS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR F ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, ITEM FOUR A, A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT MCA THAT AFFECTS ALL DISTRICTS.
UH, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENT OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO BE EXECUTED BY THE CITY TO THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTORS, SLS CO L-T-D-P-M-G CONSTRUCTION, INC.
DSW HOMES, LLC, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, INC.
REBUILD TOGETHER HOUSTON AND JAMES TURNER.
CONS, JAMES W. TURNER CONSTRUCTION, LTD.
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT WILL EXTEND THE RENEWAL PERIOD OF THE MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENTS.
FURTHER DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION UP TO 48 SUCCESSIVE MONTHS AUTHORIZE AN AMER TO EXECUTE A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT WITH EACH CONTRACTOR CONTAINING A PROVISION RELATED TO THE FOREGOING SUBJECT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY FUNDING UNDER THIS MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CONTRACTORS WILL EXTEND THE TRI-PARTY AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO HOUSTON LAND BANK FOR EACH OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
TO DATE, THE NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HAS COMPLETED 59 HOMES WITH SEVEN CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND I WANT TO ADD THAT THERE ARE 32 THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE COMING THROUGH CURRENTLY.
THAT SHOULD BE OUT BY THE FIRST QUARTER.
ITEM FOUR B TERRA ALLOCATION FOR THE NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MCA FOR ALL DISTRICTS AND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING 7.2 MILLION, DO 7,000,222 $22,385 IN UPTOWN TOUR SERIES 21 AFFORDABLE HOMES FUNDS TO THE NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
MASTER CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING CONTRACTORS, S-L-S-P-M-G CONSTRUCTION, DSW HOMES, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, MAYBERRY HOMES REBUILD TOGETHER HOUSTON AND JAMES W. TURNER.
CONSTRUCTION FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THE NCAAS WILL EXTEND THROUGH THE TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE HOUSTON LAND BANK, AND SELECTED NHDP CONTRACTORS FOR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON SCATTERED SITE LOTS.
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THE TOTAL FOR THE TRI-PARTY AGREEMENTS AMOUNT WILL NOT EXCEED THE ALLOCATED FUNDING AVAILABLE.THE NHDP PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME QUALIFIED HOME BUYERS THROUGH THE SCATTER SITE DEVELOPMENT.
AND AGAIN, UM, THERE ARE 59 HOMES THAT HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN BUILT, UH, WITH SEVEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND 32 IN THE PIPELINE.
ITEM FOUR C UH, A HOUSTON, UH, HOUSTON LAND BANK TOURS, APPROPRIATION AND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF $1,776,992 IN TERMS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATIONS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE HOUSTON LAND BANK FOR THE HOUSTON LAND BANK OPERATION AND PROGRAM DELIVERY ACTIVITIES.
FUNDING UNDER THIS ACTIVITY INCLUDES OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY, INVENTORY PLANNING, ACCOUNTING, LEGAL SERVICES, AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INCURRED OTHER LEGAL, OTHER SERVICES INCURRED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURPOSES AND WHICH ARE NOT FUNDED THROUGH OTHER SOURCES, INCLUDING, UH, ANY OTHER AGREEMENT FOR THE HOUSTON LAND BANK.
ENTER ENTERS INTO, UH, WITH THE CITY, THE HOUSTON LAND BANK.
THE HOUSTON LAND BANK HAS AGREED TO NOTIFY THE CITY IF IT EXPECTS TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURPOSES.
AND THAT TURS FUNDING SHALL NOT BE PAID FOR THE COSTS THAT ARE NOT INCURRED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURPOSES.
OKAY, ITEM FOUR D, HOME BUYER CHOICE PROGRAM GUIDELINES AFFECTING ALL DISTRICTS.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT OF THE HOME BUYER CHOICE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, INCLUDING AMENDING THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF, UM, UH, THE CLT, UM, HOME PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS, HOME BUYER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, FUNDING REQUIREMENTS, THE APPEALS PROCESS, AND UPDATE TO VARIOUS DEFINITIONS.
HCDD HAS, UM, PARTNERED WITH THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY LAND TRUST USING UPTOWN TUR SERIES 21 AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS TO PROVIDE QUALIFIED HOME BUYERS THE OPTION TO PURCHASE QUALIFIED HOMES OF THEIR CHOICE WITHIN THE INCORPORATED AREAS OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.
A QUALIFIED HOME BUYER WHO PURCHASES A HOME THROUGH THE HCP WILL OWN THE HOME.
WHILE THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY LAND TRUST OWNS THE LAND BENEATH THE HOME, PLACING IT IN A TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF PRESERVING FUTURE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
THE HOME BUYER WILL HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO THE LAND BENEATH THE HOME FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT THROUGH A GROUND LEASE.
ITEM FOUR E HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR ALL DISTRICTS AND ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT AND RESTATED HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GUIDELINES TO INCLUDE AMENDMENTS TO THE UNDERWRITING, A SUBSIDY INCREASE INTAKE AND APPLICATION PROCESS, HOME BUYER ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS, LOAN TERM LOAN TERMS AND ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND CROSSCUTTING FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AND ALSO CLOSEOUT AND MONITORING AND REPORTING AND UPDATING VARIOUS DEFINITIONS.
ITEM FOUR E HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GUIDELINES AFFECTING ALL DISTRICTS.
UM, UNDER, UNDER THIS, UH, THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE HOME OWNERSHIP FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME APPLICANTS WITH WITHIN THE INCORPORATED AREAS OF HOUSTON.
HALF WILL WORK TO PARTICIPATE WITH LENDERS TO DE UH, TO DELIVER UP TO $50,000, WHICH IS AN INCREASE FROM THE 30,000, UH, PER HOME FOR ELIGIBLE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND CLOSING COSTS, UH, TO PURCHASE HOMES.
ITEM FOUR, FTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS AFFECTING ALL DISTRICTS.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE DE APPROPRIATION OF $1.5 MILLION INTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS FOR, FOR THE NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
MASTER CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS IN ORDER TO FUND HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE, UH, SUPPORTING, UH, INCOME ELIGIBLE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS.
HAP IS DESIGNED TO EXTEND AND SUPPLY QUAL QUALITY, SAFE, AFFORDABLE
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HOUSING WITHIN HOUSTON, AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE HOME OWNERSHIP AFFORDABILITY BY FACILITATING A MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS INTO NEW AND EXISTING HOMES.THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, CO STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX'S OFFICE IN THE QUEUE.
UM, ON SLIDE 28 AND 31, IT STATE IT STATES TO DATE THE NHDP HAS COMPLETED 59 HOMES WITH SEVEN HOMES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO WHEN DID THIS BEGIN? BEGIN IN 2009, UH, 2018.
AND IT SAYS SEVEN HOMES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WHEN ARE WE HOPING TO HAVE FOLKS MOVE INTO THOSE HOMES? UH, WELL THERE, WELL WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR THAT ARE READY FOR SALE THAT WE'RE TURNING OVER TO THE HOUSTON LAND BANK TO SELL CURRENTLY.
AND WE'RE WAITING ON CENTER POINT ON, UH, THE OTHER THREE HOMES, UH, TO GET POWER TO THEM.
SO TYPICALLY, UM, WHAT DO Y'ALL FORECAST? HOW MANY HOMES ARE GONNA BE COMPLETED EACH MONTH? UM, I COULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
WHAT WE HAVE IS A ROLLING SCALE, UH, FOR HOMES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, THE 32, THEY ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES FROM, UM, PERMITTING TO, UM, CONTRACTS TO BONDING PROCESS TO, UH, NOTICE TO PROCEED TO THE CONTRACTORS.
AND, UH, MR. MOSS, UH, TOUCHED ON SOME OF THE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AROUND THE NEW HOME, AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT HOW, UH, UH, WE CHANGED THE MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENT TO HAVE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY WITH OUR, OUR DEVELOPERS.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE DID THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, JUST TO KEEP THAT INFORMATION, UM, IN FRONT OF THE BODY? SURE.
SO WE HAVE UPGRADED OUR STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION, UM, FOR THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND SOME OF THOSE, UH, UPGRADES THAT WE HAVE DONE IS HOLDING A, UH, CONTRACTORS MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO PROVIDING A TWO YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD FOR ALL OF THE HOMES NOW INSTEAD OF A ONE YEAR, AS WELL AS CHANGING THE CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, WE DON'T USE, UM, ORIENTED STRAND BOARD ON HORIZONTAL SERVICES.
SO HOMES THAT ARE ELEVATED IN THE PROGRAM, WE'LL ALL HAVE PLYWOOD FLOORS INSTEAD OF OSB, UM, AS WELL AS THE ROOF, WHICH CAN ALSO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE DELAY.
WHEN THE, UM, CONTRACT AGREEMENT FIRST CAME, UH, TO COUNCIL TO FOR APPROVAL AND FIRST CAME TO THE COMMITTEE, THERE WAS SOME CONTEXT PROVIDED THAT WITH THESE CHANGES WITH THE VENDORS AND A LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE SOME DELAY IN PRODUCTION, BUT YOU'RE SPOT ON IN TERMS OF THIS PROGRAM, MAKING SURE THAT WE MOVE THEM THROUGH THE PIPELINE, UM, AND, AND, UM, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SORT OF SUPPORT OUR, UM, HOUSING INVENTORY.
SO A A QUESTION ON ITEM FOUR C.
THIS IS RELATED TO THE LAND BANK.
CAN YOU GIVE MORE LANGUAGE AROUND, UM, IF THE LAND BANK HAS AGREED TO NOTIFY THE CITY, IF IT EXPECTS TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHAT'S THAT TIMELINE AND WHAT'S THE, IS IT JUST A NOTIFICATION AND AN APPROVAL OR IS IT JUST A NOTIFICATION THAT THEY'RE PURSUING SOMETHING ELSE? IT'S A NOTIFICATION.
UH, SO THAT, UH, COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEE IS AWARE, UH, OF OTHER ACTIVITIES AS YOU KNOW, THAT THE HOUSTON LAND BANK IS CURRENTLY SETTING UP A 5 0 1 C3.
UH, SO THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY, UH, LOOK TO PURSUE.
AND IS, UM, ARE WE THE, UH, THE HOUSTON LAND BANK'S LARGEST FUNDER AT THIS CURRENT STATE? YES.
I HAD ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY QUESTION FOLLOW UP TO, UM, DID YOU DING ME
I BELIEVE LAST MONTH I HAD REQUESTED A TOTAL AMOUNT OF DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
SOME COMES FROM TURS, THERE WAS DR 17.
UM, THERE'S SOME LOCAL DOLLARS JUST TO WHO WE CAN HAVE THE LANGUAGE TO KNOW OUR IMPACT CITYWIDE.
SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNATED THROUGH DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS. AND SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S NOTEWORTHY IN, UM, TO REPEAT THAT WE'RE INCREASING, WHAT THIS ITEM IS PROPOSING TO DO IS TO INCREASE THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FROM THE 30 TO THE 50,000 SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE MARKET.
SO IF I CAN HAVE THAT AS A FOLLOW UP AND IF Y'ALL CAN MAKE THE NOTE TO THAT.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
AND IT IS GOOD TO NOTE THAT ON THAT INCREASE FROM THE 30 TO 50, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE RISING COSTS, UH, THAT IS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN THIS CITY, UH, 30,000 JUST
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DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE AN IMPACTFUL AMOUNT.SO HOPEFULLY, UH, WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NOT ONLY INCREASING THE GOING TO THE 50, BUT ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH A NUMBER OF BANKERS ABOUT, UH, BUYING DOWN THE INTEREST RATE TO NOT ONLY GET THEM IN, BUT ALSO GIVE THEM AN INTEREST RATE THAT MAKES THAT THAT MORTGAGE MORE AFFORDABLE.
SO WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UH, OUR NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC FACILITIES AND DURING THAT PRESENTATION IS DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANNA MARTINEZ.
UH, I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS AMENDMENT.
THIS IS RELATED TO THE NAVIGATION CENTER.
HCD IS RECOMMENDING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COALITION.
UH, THIS AMENDMENT WILL INCREASE PROJECT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $820,000.
AND THIS IS A RESULT OF UNFORESEEN CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND INCREASES THAT OCCURRED, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE, OF THE PROJECT.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THIS WAS ACTUALLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN JANUARY, WHICH EXTENDED THE PERFORMANCE TIME TO ALLOW FOR THE COMPLETION OF WORK.
UH, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A BREAKDOWN OF, OF THE FUNDING THERE, WE ARE ADDING APPROXIMATELY 670,000 IN E-S-G-C-V AND 150,000 IN TURS DOLLARS, UH, TO, TO COMPLETE THAT FUNDING AMOUNT.
UH, SO REPAIRS TO THE FACILITY THAT ARE GONNA BE COVERED THROUGH THIS INCREASE ARE GONNA INCLUDE, THERE WAS, UH, ADDITIONS TO THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN, UH, A DA ACCOMMODATIONS THAT THAT HAD TO BE, UH, ACCOUNTED FOR, AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING UPDATES.
THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET WITH THIS INCREASE NOW COMES UP TO 7 MILLION 198,000 AND SOME CHANGE.
UH, COALITION IS ALSO UNDERTAKING A CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO COVER THE REMAINING OUTSTANDING GAP, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $192,000.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY WE, WE NEED THIS FACILITY.
UH, AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THE, THE FACILITY ACTUALLY OPENED BACK IN JANUARY, JANUARY 30TH.
UM, AND TO DATE THE LAST NUMBERS I RECEIVED, THEY'VE SERVED 45 PERSONS TO DATE.
UH, LAST NUM NUMBER I GOT IN TERMS OF PERSONS PLACED IN PERMANENT HOUSING AS OF THIS MORNING WAS SEVEN.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY SEEING GREAT SUCCESS THERE.
UM, INCLUDING OF COURSE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THE CHARTRES STREET ENCAMPMENT HAVING BEEN CLOSED DOWN, BEING THE, THE BIGGEST SUCCESS THERE SO FAR.
AND WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF THAT FACILITY? UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN MY NOTES, BUT I WILL GET THAT NUMBER TO YOU ALL.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL JUST SO WE KNOW, UM, IN CONTEXT WHAT THAT SEVEN MEANS.
AND ONE, WE KNOW WE'RE FULL IN TERMS OF THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM.
I KNOW, UM, UH, MR. EICHENBAUM AND HIS TEAM OF 0.5 PERSONS, I KNOW THEY'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS AND THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SMALLER ENCAMPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO GET THEM ON THE PATH TO THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM.
SO I THINK WHEN WE REPORT ON THIS ITEM, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KEEP THE NUMBER, THE TOTAL NUMBER SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE REGARDING THAT.
AND MS. BARR JUST CONFIRMED IT'S A HUNDRED BEDS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE REGARDING THIS ITEM.
I DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP PUBLIC FACILITIES QUESTION SURE.
ARE YOU SURE? SO, UM, I JUST AS A REMINDER, I THINK, UM, WE, WE MIGHT FORGET THAT WE RECEIVED OUR CARES, UM, ALLOCATION, THAT DIRECT ALLOCATION FROM THE CITY, BUT WE ALSO RECEIVED A-C-D-B-G COVID, UH, ALLOCATION.
SO WHEN YOU SEE ON THE LANGUAGE CDBG CV, THAT WAS COVID.
SO IF YOU CAN REMIND US THE TOTAL NUMBER THAT WE RECEIVED IN TERMS OF AMOUNT, WHAT WE HAVE LEFT, AND THEN IF, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON US EXPENDING THOSE FUNDS DOWN? SO, I KNOW AT LEAST FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES, THE ONLY PROJECT THAT WE FUNDED OUT OF C-D-B-G-C-V WAS THE, UH, COVENANT HOUSE PROPOSAL, WHICH, UH, I BELIEVE WAS ABOUT $5 MILLION THAT WE ALLOCATED.
AND WITH THE BALANCE BEING COMING OUT OF CDBG ENTITLEMENT FUNDS, I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE ONLY ALLOCATION FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES.
AND THEN TOTAL FOR, UM, C-D-B-G-C-V AND PUBLIC FACILITIES CAN DO, UM, PUBLIC, I'M SORRY, PUBLIC SERVICES CAN GET THAT INFORMATION.
THAT'S A FOLLOW UP FROM MR. BARR'S TEAM.
IT, IT WAS ABOUT 5 MILLION, BUT WE'LL GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBER.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A CLOCK ON THOSE FUNDS, SOME LIKE SIMILAR TO ARPA, THERE WAS A CLOCK ON THAT.
SO JUST TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRACKING IN TERMS OF, UH, OUR CURRENT BALANCE AND THEN, UH, WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO TO MEET THAT GOAL.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME IN THIS QUEUE REGARDING THIS ITEM.
AND NOW MOVING TO THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS, WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED.
UH, AND AS ALWAYS, WE DO A PRESENTATION FROM, UH, TAMIKA JONES, MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND CFO.
WE'LL COME FORWARD AND DO THAT PRESENTATION.
GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FAT TUESDAY FOR THOSE OF US WITH A LITTLE CAGE AND HERITAGE.
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ALL RIGHT, WE WILL BEGIN.I DO WANNA REMIND THE COMMITTEE, UM, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT.
WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL QUESTIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS ABOUT A BUDGET REDUCTION TO OUR DR 17 HARVEY GRANT.
UM, THIS IS JUST A REFLECTION OF WHAT THOSE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS WOULD BE AS COMMUNICATED TO US BY THE GLO.
THE NEXT SLIDE DOES TEND TO SIMPLIFY SOME OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH SLIDES.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT PROVIDES YOU WHAT THE REVISED BUDGET IS, ALONG WITH WHAT THE BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK THAT WE ARE SHOOTING FOR HERE AS OF THE END OF JUNE 30TH.
AND THEN ALONG WITH WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE AMOUNT OF, WE'RE ON PAGE 50 JUST TO PAGE 50.
JUST IS IT ON PAGE? YOU SHOULD HAVE 50 NOW.
'CAUSE THOSE, DOES EVERYONE SEE IT NOW? NUMBERS ARE OKAY.
ARE WE GOOD FOR THOSE OF US WITH SEEN YOUR EYES OKAY AHEAD.
YES, I INCLUDED A LOT OF INFORMATION.
I WANTED TO HOPEFULLY KILL A FEW BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
UM, SO WHAT WE DID HERE WAS PROVIDE YOU IN ADDITION TO THE REVISED BUDGET ALSO WHAT THE BENCHMARK IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE AS OF THE END OF JUNE 30TH.
AND AS I'VE MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS MONTHS, THE BENCHMARK IS THE AMOUNT OF DRAWS THAT ARE APPROVED IN RELATION TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN COLUMN TWO, WHICH IS THE BENCHMARK.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS HERE IN COLUMN THREE IS THAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT IS REMAINING IN ORDER FOR US TO MEET THE BENCHMARK.
NOW THE TOTAL YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM ONLY INCLUDES THE POSITIVE NUMBERS.
SO THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE IN TOTAL WE'RE ABOUT 168 MILLION AWAY.
UM, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT SEVERAL PROGRAMS HAVE ALREADY THREE TO BE EXACT, HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED THEIR BENCHMARK AND BY THE AMOUNT THE BENCHMARK HAS BEEN EXCEEDED.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGES OVER TO THE RIGHT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THE GLO SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THAT JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE BENCHMARKS AND THE AMOUNT OF DRAWS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
AND THIS IS DESIGNED TO PRESENT EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE, THOSE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE MET THEIR BENCHMARKS EXCEEDED, AND BY HOW MUCH THEY'VE EXCEEDED THOSE.
AND THEN IN SOME OF THE AREAS WE'RE QUITE A BIT A WAYS AWAY, ALL OF WHICH WE'VE PROBABLY DISCUSSED THAT NAUSEAM OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE BENCHMARKS AND YOU LOOK AT MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAMS OR 60% OR HIGHER IN TERMS OF TRACKING.
UM, AND SO WITHOUT AN EXTENSION OF THE DEADLINE, UM, AND PENDING THE APPROVALS THAT ARE ALREADY IN QUEUE, WE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL MEET THOSE GOALS.
AND, AND, AND, AND THEN IN CONTEXT, CAN YOU, UM, COLOR IN THE LINES AROUND SMALL RENTAL, WHICH IS 3%? UM, AND, AND TO GIVE MORE CONTEXT AROUND THAT AND THEN THE 62 WITH MULTIFAMILY.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AND PROBABLY NEWS ARTICLES AND STORIES AROUND, UM, OUR PROJECTS BOTH FOR MULTIFAMILY AND SMALL RENTAL BEING DELAYED SIX TO NINE MONTHS, THOUGH THAT DELAY IN APPROVAL DID IMPACT PREVIOUS QUARTERS BENCHMARK OR PREVIOUS SEMI-ANNUAL BENCHMARKS AND CONTINUES TO IMPACT OUR BENCHMARKS GOING FORWARD.
SO A YEAR AGO, IF NOT SIX MONTHS AGO, IF WE DIDN'T MEET THE BENCHMARK BY CONSTANTLY INCREASING THAT AMOUNT, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO NOT MEET THE BENCHMARK BECAUSE OF THE DELAYS WITH OUR MULTIFAMILY AND SMALL RENTAL PROGRAM.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, SMALL RENTAL IS JUST STARTING TO CLOSE SOME OF THEIR TRANSACTIONS.
SO THE TRANSACTIONS HAVE TO CLOSE IN ORDER FOR US TO SPEND THE MONEY AND THEN REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT.
AND SO THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SLOW TO GET STARTED AGAIN, COMPOUNDED BY DELAYS WITH THE GLO IN TERMS OF PROJECT APPROVALS AND BE ABLE TO FINALIZE THOSE PROJECTS AND CLOSE SAME FOR MULTIFAMILY.
AND THEN ON THE PLANNING, WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THIS ONE MUCH, BUT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE PLANNING CONTRACTS AND HOW WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THOSE DRAWS TO THE GLO FOR REIMBURSEMENT, WE INCUR LOTS OF EXPENSES.
UM, BUT WE CAN'T SUBMIT THOSE UNTIL SPECIFIED MILESTONES IN THE CONTRACT OR REALLY WHEN THE CONTRACT IS COMPLETE.
SO WHAT THAT DOES IS DELAY MEETING THE BENCHMARK SIMPLY DUE TO THE WAY THE CONTRACTS ARE STRUCTURED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S TALK THROUGH THE PRODUCTION REPORT YOU JUST HEARD.
NEXT SLIDE IS THE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
YOU JUST HEARD, UM, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LY SAYING TALK ABOUT INCREASING THIS ASSISTANCE AMOUNT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN PROVIDE MORE ASSISTANCE TO MORE HOUSTONIANS AS A RESULT OF IT.
NEXT SLIDE IS SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
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AND THEN NEXT SLIDE THERE IS A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, SOME ITEMS GOT CUT OFF.
OUR NUMBERS DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT.
SO PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR MULTIFAMILY FISCAL YEAR 23 SHOULD BE 21 AND NOT TWO.
THE ONE LOOKS LIKE IT GOT PUSHED TO THE NEXT LINE.
AND THEN PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES SHOULD BE 10 AND NOT ONE.
THE ZERO LOOKS LIKE IT GOT PUSHED TO THE SECOND LINE AS WELL.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NONE IN THIS QUEUE.
SO LOOKING AT SLIDE 50, SO EVERY TIME WE TALK TO GLO, THE CONVERSATION ALWAYS MORPHS TO BENCHMARKS.
YOU'RE NOT ACHIEVING BENCHMARKS, YOU'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WHEN I LOOK AT IT, I LOOK AT NINE CATEGORIES FROM ADMINISTRATION TO BUY OUT TO SMALL RENTALS, AND WE'RE NOT ACHIEVING BENCHMARKS IN SIX OF THE NINE CATEGORIES.
ALSO, WHEN I LOOK AT REVISED BUDGET AS IT RELATES TO REMAINING TO MEET BENCHMARK, WE'RE SHORT 25% IF YOU USE ROUND NUMBERS, 168 MILLION LEFT ON A CLOSE TO $700 MILLION TOTAL.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS G'S COMMENTS TO ME, WHICH IS BENCHMARKS, BENCHMARKS, BENCHMARKS IS ACCURATE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ACHIEVING BENCHMARKS IN SIX OF THE NON CATEGORIES.
WE'RE NOT ACHIEVING IT WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOTAL DOLLARS IN TERMS OF 25% SHORT.
SO GIVE ME THE UNDERSTANDING OF MY MATH AND YOUR PRESENT SITUATION AS YOU UNDERSTAND IT.
BENCHMARKS ARE MEASURED ON DRAWS THAT GLO APPROVES.
SO THE GRADING METRIC IS THE GLO HAS TO APPROVE THE DRAW IN ORDER FOR US TO MEET THE BENCHMARK.
SO WHAT DOES IT TAKE? WHAT ARE ALL THE STEPS THAT IT TAKES TO GET TO AN APPROVED DRAW? NUMBER ONE, THE PROJECT HAS TO BE APPROVED.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021, WE HAD, UM, THE MULTIFAMILY ISSUES WHERE ALL PROJECTS GOT PUT ON HOLD.
SO THAT STOPPED ALL OF THE APPROVALS.
SO IF YOU'RE THINKING APPROVED DRAW BEING STEP 10, PROJECT APPROVAL BEING STEP ONE, IF YOU HAVE A SIX TO NINE, IF NOT LONGER MONTH DELAY, WHAT THAT DOES IS IT DELAYS YOUR ABILITY TO MOVE TO STEP TWO, WHICH IS TO ACTUALLY INCUR THE EXPENSE.
SO YOU HAVE THE PROJECT APPROVALS BEING ONE, AND THEN YOU, THE CITY INCURS THE EXPENSE.
ONCE THE CITY INCURS THE EXPENSE, THEN WE CAN START SUBMITTING.
WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND SUBMIT ALL OF THE DRAWS AND REQUIRE PAPERWORK THAT CAN COME WITH.
AND, UM, A GOOD ESTIMATE IS PROBABLY 90 TO 120 DAY DELAY JUST IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO GO BACK AND FORTH.
MOTION TO EXTEND SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR PASSES? YES, NO POLLUTION, JUST TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO GET THE DRAW APPROVED.
SO BY THE TIME WE SUBMIT A DRAW IN TERMS OF HERE IS OUR INITIAL SUBMISSION TO ANSWERING ALL QUESTIONS, MEETING ALL FORMATTING PREFERENCES, CORRECTING ALL DECIMAL POINT, PENNY ROUNDING ERRORS, ALL THINGS THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE COULD BE EASILY A FOUR TO SIX MONTH DELAY IN GETTING A DRAW APPROVED.
AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SIX TO NINE MONTHS THAT IT TOOK THE PROJECT TO GET APPROVED.
AND SO IF WE'RE IN A POSITION OF ONLY HAVING OUR BENCHMARKS BEING GRADED AT AN APPROVED DRAW, WE DON'T NECESSARILY CONTROL ALL THE STEPS PRIOR TO AN APPROVED DRAW.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? A LITTLE BIT.
SO WHENEVER I TALK TO MARK HAVENS, HEATHER LAGRAND MAYOR ACTUALLY WENT UP TO AUSTIN LAST WEEK TO MEET WITH THE NEW GLO COMMISSIONER, WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT BENCHMARKS, BUT YET THERE'S NOWHERE IN ANY NEWSPAPER OR ANY INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVE THAT POINTS TO THIS DILEMMA.
AND THAT IS WE SUBMIT THESE THINGS ON A TIMELY BASIS, BUT BECAUSE OF G'S LACK OF GETTING BACK WITH US, WE'RE GONNA FALL SHORT ON THE BENCHMARKS.
THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT I'M NEVER HEARING THAT FROM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE.
I NEVER HEAR THAT FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS AS TO THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE GLO.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING I SEE, READ AND HEAR SEEMS TO RELATE.
HOUSTON'S SCREWING UP, HOUSTON'S NOT DOING A GOOD JOB.
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WHEN I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND LISTEN TO YOUR EXPLANATION, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BEING TIMELY, BUT THE GLO AND THEIR LACK OF RESPONSE ISN'T.SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH MARK AND WITH HEATHER? DO THEY SAY, YES, WE ARE HAVING ISSUES, OR DO THEY IGNORE IT? SO WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION NOTICES THAT HAVE GONE OUT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AS WELL AS THE GLO CORRECTING THE HALF TRUTHS THAT ARE PRINTED.
NOT ONLY, I WOULD SAY THEY'RE MORE THAN HALF TRUTHS.
I MEAN, LET, WE WERE BEING, WE WERE BEING COURTEOUS.
AND, AND, AND MAYOR, PRETEND IF I, IF I MAY, YES.
WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THAT NARRATIVE, RIGHT? AND I THINK IF NOTHING ELSE, SEPTEMBER 21 TAUGHT US THAT WE HAD TO TIGHTEN UP.
SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE THEN IN THESE PRESENTATIONS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE, YOU'RE, YOU DON'T JUST SEE BENCHMARKS ON THE SURFACE LEVEL, THAT NUMBER.
AND YOU SEE THE PERCENTAGE, AND WE'VE RESTRUCTURED THIS REPORT SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S COMPLETED, WHAT'S IN QUEUE, WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION, BECAUSE THIS IS THE NARRATIVE THAT WE CAN CONTROL.
SO ON THE RECORD THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE, UM, WHAT'S IN PROCESS AND THEN THERE'S CONTEXT TO SOME OF THOSE LINE ITEMS, RIGHT? SO, UH, SHE JUST MENTIONED PLANNING, RIGHT? SO WE, WE WON'T MEET THE PLANNING THE WAY THE LANGUAGE AND THE CONTRACT DICTATES THAT SERVICE LINE.
SO WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY EVERY MONTH COMMUNICATE THAT AND KEEP THAT IN FRONT OF THE BODY.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT A NEWSPAPER OR REPORTER CHOOSES TO WRITE ABOUT THE CITY.
THE EXPECTATION IS THAT WE WILL FAIL.
BUT THIS SH SHOWS YOU WHERE MAJORITY OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE AT 60% THAT THERE'S ACTIVITY, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR ALMOST A YEAR, OVER A YEAR, OVER A YEAR, OVER A YEAR, IS BEATING THAT DRUM ON THIS IS REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS GLO PROJECT.
THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING INTERNALLY.
AND THE, THE, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THE Q WAITING TO BE APPROVED.
AND IF I CAN ADD, JUST TAKING PLANNING AS AN EXAMPLE, KENISHA, WHEN DID WE SUBMIT A REQUEST? WHEN WAS OUR FIRST TIME SUBMITTING A REQUEST TO REVISE THE PLANNING BENCHMARK TO ACTUALLY ALIGN WITH HOW THE CONTRACTS ARE STRUCTURED? APRIL OF 2022.
SO HERE WE ARE ALMOST A YEAR LATER WHERE WE SAID AND GOT THE GLOS AGREEMENT.
THE BENCHMARK DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR HOW THIS PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED AND HOW THE CONTRACTS ARE STRUCTURED.
LET'S CHANGE THE BENCHMARK TO ALIGN WITH WHAT HAPPENS IN EVERYDAY LIFE ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
BUT YOU HEAR THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR BENCHMARKS.
WHAT YOU DON'T HEAR IS WHY IS THE BENCH, THE PLANNING BENCHMARK NOT MET WELL, BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACTS IN STRUCTURED AND WHEN DID WE REQUEST THAT CHANGE OVER A YEAR AGO? 2022.
SO THAT'S ONE PIECE YOU ALSO DON'T HEAR WHEN EVERY SIX MONTHS, THE BENCHMARKS INCREASE BY, AT A MINIMUM, SOMETIMES 25, 15 TO 25%.
SO IF WE ARE DELAYED NINE MONTHS AND THEN YOU INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF APPROVED DRAWS FOR THE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE'RE NOT SET UP FOR SUCCESS.
AND THE NARRATIVE CONTINUES TO BE PUSHED.
HOW WE ARE UNPRODUCTIVE, WE'RE NOT MAKING PROGRESS WHEN WE WE'RE DELAYED.
SIX, OUR BENCHMARKS ARE IN SIX MONTH INCREMENTS.
SO IF WE DIDN'T MEET IT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, AND THEN YOU ADDED 25% ON TOP OF IT AND YOU DELAYED US SIX TO NINE MONTHS, CHANCES ARE IT'S GONNA BE A STRETCH TO BE ABLE TO MEET IT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AND EVERY SIX MONTHS THEREAFTER.
SO MY LAST COMMENT WOULD BE, UM, SO WHAT CAN I DO AS I GO TO AUSTIN TO TRY AND EXPLAIN THE NARRATIVE? BECAUSE THE NARRATIVE COMING OUTTA AUSTIN IS CITY OF HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY SCREWING THIS UP.
CITY OF HOUSTON, HOUSING DEPARTMENT, CITY OF HOUSTON.
I'M SORRY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NEXT ON THE LIST.
THEY DON'T NEED THIS HEAT, THEY DON'T WANT THIS WAY, MY BAD.
BUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS MESSING THIS UP WHEN I'M SITTING HERE AND I'M, AND I'M UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
MOTION TO EXTEND SECOND FAVOR.
SO WHAT I'M LOOKING AT NOW, IT IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SUBMIT, WE RELY ON THEM TO DO THE FOLLOW UP AND THEY'RE NOT MEETING THEIR BENCHMARKS.
SO HOW CAN WE HELP AS WE START, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF US ARE GONNA START GOING TO AUSTIN AS THEY GET IN IN FULL SESSION.
HOW CAN WE HELP WITH THAT NARRATIVE IN CHANGING THE THINKING OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR STATE SENATORS THAT ARE OF THE OPINION THAT IT'S THE HOUSTON HOUSING DEPARTMENTS MESS UP AND IT'S NOT COMING FROM
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GLO BECAUSE EVERYBODY UP THERE OVER THERE THINKS THAT THE GLO IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.WELL, I'LL LET KEITH ANSWER WHAT I WILL ADD.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT JUST WHAT'S RIGHT, HUD GRANTED GLOA TWO YEAR EXTENSION DUE TO THE IMPACTS OF COVID AND MOVING TO A COMPLETE REMOTE WORKFORCE, THE CITY WAS NOT EXEMPT FROM COVID.
WE HAD TO MOVE TO A REMOTE WORKFORCE AND TRYING TO TOUCH APPLICANTS, FINE APPLICANTS GET SIGNATURES, ALL OF THAT.
WE REQUESTED A ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
GLO SAID NO WHEN HUD GAVE THEM TWO.
WE SAID, JUST GIVE US ONE TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THOSE IMPACTS.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING, AND I'LL LET KEITH PUT HIS SPIN ON IT AND, AND ANSWER YOU POLITICALLY CORRECT, WE'RE ASKING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, JUST DO THE RIGHT THING.
WE ARE ALL TRYING TO SERVE OUR CITIZENS AND GIVE EVERYONE THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SUSPEND, UM, THESE FUNDS, PROVIDE THIS ASSISTANCE IN OUR CITY AND BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THEM HOW OUR CITIZENS NEED THEM.
BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS PARTNER TO DO THAT WITH.
AND SIMPLY SAYING, COVID DID NOT IMPACT YOU.
WE DON'T CARE THAT YOUR ENTIRE WORKFORCE WENT REMOTE.
HU GAVE THEM TWO YEARS AN AUTOMATIC ONE YEAR EXTENSION, AND THEN THEY APPLIED FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION AND WE WERE TOLD NO.
AND I THINK I'M COUNTING ON MY FINGERS, WE WERE PROBABLY TOLD NO AT LEAST FIVE TIMES.
SO YOU WON'T GET THAT ANSWER UNTIL APRIL OF 2024, RIGHT? EXACTLY.
I'M NOT SURE I'M THE RIGHT PERSON TO DO A POLITICALLY CORRECT RESPONSE, UH, TO THE GLO.
BUT IF WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING, I THINK THE MAJOR PROBLEM BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCE IS WE CREATED PROGRAMS THAT WE FELT WERE IMPORTANT OF HOW AND WHAT WE WANTED TO IMPLEMENT IN THIS CITY BECAUSE WE KNEW OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.
THE GLO DECIDED THAT THEY HAD A BETTER PLAN FOR OUR PROGRAMS THAN WE DID.
SO IT'S, IT'S, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS YOUR PROGRAM, BUT IF I WAS DOING IT, YOU NEED TO RUN IT THIS WAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE GET FROM THE GLO WELL, THAT IT'S NOT YOUR PROGRAM.
SO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AND IT GOES BACK TO EVEN WHEN WE WERE DOING CONSTRUCTION, UH, THE, THE BIG FIGHT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THEM DOING THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH.
WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE, WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WANTED, BUT IT WAS, THEY DON'T DESERVE ANY MORE THAN A TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH, RIGHT? SO IT'S, IT'S LET US DO OUR PROGRAMS THAT PRO AND THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT WORK BEST FOR OUR CITY, NOT FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN ANOTHER CITY WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THIS CITY.
SO, AND, AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR YOUR LEEWAY IN LETTING ME GO ON THIS.
I GOT MOVE ON ON MY PROGRAM, I KNOW, BUT, UM, MY LAST COMMENT WOULD BE IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION, WE ARE LOSING, THEY ARE WINNING.
SO HELP ME HELP YOU CHANGE THAT VERNACULAR AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE ABILITY WHEN WE GO TO AUSTIN TO TELL THE STORY FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW AND NOT ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE NEGATIVE STUFF COMING FROM GLO BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE RECAPTURE, UH, PUBLIC OPINION.
AND IF I CAN HELP IN ANY WAY, UH, LET ME KNOW.
AND WE WILL CERTAINLY GET YOU INFORMATION IN ORDER TO HELP FIGHT THAT BATTLE.
BUT IT IS SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT.
NO MATTER WHAT WE DO HERE, THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE OR OTHER NEWS AGENCIES ARE NOT GONNA PICK UP ON OUR OPINION, OUR APPROACH, AND THEY WON'T INTERVIEW US AND ASK US FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A LITTLE UNFAIR.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO EVERY MONTH AND WE REPORT OUT IN CONTEXT AND WE TELL OUR STORY HERE EVERY MONTH.
UM, UM, SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PULL ANY RECORDING AND WE CAN SEE AND WE CAN FOLLOW THE FOLLOW THE LINE.
SO MOVING FORWARD, WE JUST WANT TO, UH, QUICKLY GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR, UH, HIGHLIGHTS.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, EVERY MONTH WE, EVERY WEDNESDAY WE DO OUR COMMUNITY OFFICE, UH, UH, OUTREACH.
AND THAT'S EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM ONE TO FOUR.
YOU WILL SEE THAT WE DID A GROUNDBREAKING ON ROSEMARY'S PLACE, WHICH IS BETTER KNOWN AS 3,300 CAROLINE, UH, MAGNIFICAT.
UH, WE DID THAT GROUNDBREAKING JUST RECENTLY.
UH, YOU WILL SEE MOVING TO THE NEXT PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ST.
ELIZABETH'S, UH, PLACE 45 14 LINES AVENUE.
UH, COMING SOON AND NOT COMING SOON.
WE DID RIBBON CUTTING ON YESTERDAY ON SCOTT STREET'S, UH, LOFTS.
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SENIORS, A VERY BEAUTIFUL COMPLEX.UH, SO YOU, THAT IS NOW ONLINE COMING SOON.
THIS IS THE CAROLINE LOFTS 24 0 3 CAROLINE, UH, DISTRICT D UH, COMMONS AT TIDWELL, UH, NEW HOMES AND ACRES HOMES.
UH, THAT WAS A GROUNDBREAKING DONE ON JANUARY 26TH.
UH, THE GRAND PARK HAVEN NEW HOMES ON OST, SOUTH UNION DISTRICT D.
UH, WE EXPECT TO HAVE KEY EXCHANGES HAPPENING IN APRIL OF 20, UH, 23.
UH, ROBIN'S LANDING UPDATE THAT'S IN DISTRICT B.
UH, THEY WILL BE DOING A PROGRAM, UH, MARCH 21ST THROUGH THE 29TH.
UH, SO THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF EVENTS SURROUNDING THAT, UH, UPDATE AS WELL.
2100 MEMORIAL, UH, THAT'S IN DISTRICT H.
IT'S, UH, THAT PROJECT IS 33 30% COMPLETE.
THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UH, HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UH, THEN YOU WILL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE PICTURES OF 2100 MEMORIAL, UH, AS WELL UPDATES ON 10 TEN'S PLACE THAT'S ON GRAY IN DISTRICT D.
THAT PROJECT IS NOW 60%, UH, COMPLETE.
AND YOU WILL SEE PHOTOS OF THAT PROJECT THERE.
UPDATE SUNRISE LOSS ON MCKINNEY.
I SEE PHOTOS OF THAT MOVING FORWARD.
YOU SEE THE CITADEL, WHICH IS ON 33 45 ELGIN, THAT'S IN DISTRICT D.
AND THEN YOU SEE NEW HOPE HOUSING SAVOY, UH, THAT'S IN DISTRICT J.
AND YOU SEE PHOTOS OF THAT ONE, UH, HERITAGE SENIOR RESIDENTS ON, ON MOY, UH, THAT'S IN DISTRICT C.
AND YOU WILL SEE PHOTOS OF THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, GREAT SUCCESS IN, UH, GETTING THAT PROJECT, UH, TO COMPLETION AND NOW HAVE RESIDENTS IN IT.
AND IT IS, UH, IT WAS, UH, THE FEATURE STORY ON, UH, THE FRONT PAGE OF YESTERDAY'S CHRONICLE.
SO IT IS, UH, UH, UH, A BENEFIT TO THAT COMMUNITY.
UH, YOU WILL ALSO SEE AN UPDATE ON BETHUNE EMPOWERMENT CENTER THAT'S, UH, ON, UH, UH, DISTRICT B UH, SOUTH VICTORY.
AND YOU WILL SEE PHOTOS OF, OF THAT.
SO WHEN YOU START YOUR CAMPAIGN OF, OF SUPPORT WHEN YOU GO TO AUSTIN, YOU CAN TAKE THIS WITH YOU AND SHOW THEM WE ARE DOING GOOD WORK, WE ARE DOING TREMENDOUS WORK.
UH, AND WE WOULD DO A LOT MORE IF THEY WOULD TAKE SOME OF THE TIES, SOME OF THE STRINGS, UH, TAKE THE ROPE FROM AROUND US AND GIVE US, UH, UH, THE ABILITY TO BREATHE AND DO WHAT WE, UH, HAVE SET OUT TO DO, WHICH WAS TO PROVIDE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MEMBERS OF, FOR CITIZENS OF THIS CITY.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR, FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND IF THERE, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON PAGE 54.
UM, COULD WE ADD, FOR THE OTHER PROGRAM SLIDE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MONTHLY UPDATE OF THE LAND TRUST AND THE LAND BANK AND SINGLE FAMILY.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IS ADDED.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
UH, IT IS, UH, MY HONOR TO, UH, PRESENT TO YOU, UH, TO PRESENT TO SOME AND INTRODUCE TO OTHERS, UH, THE, UH, HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM ON, ON SOME PROJECTS, BUT THEY ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION.
SO, UH, MAKING THAT PRESENTATION IS DAVID, UH, NORTHERN SENIOR PRESIDENT AND CEO, ALONG WITH LAUREN SNOWDEN, BOARD CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THE LAST TIME WE SAW EACH OTHER WAS VIA ZOOM IN 2020, UH, RIGHT WHEN THE PANDEMIC STRUCK.
AND, UM, SO I WANNA TO APPRECIATE Y'ALL PRESENTING AND THEN APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND JUST WANNA REAFFIRM THAT, UH, WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP TO DO THIS WORK TOGETHER.
AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
GOOD MORNING, UH, CHAIRMAN, UH, THOMAS TO THE OTHER,
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UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, AND TO THE STAFF.UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY.
UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PRESENTATION, OF COURSE, I'M LOREN SNOWDEN, THE BOARD CHAIR, AND WITH ME TODAY IS, UH, MR. DAVID NORTHERN, WHO IS OUR PRESIDENT, CEO.
AND I THINK DAVID IS APPROACHING HIS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PAST, JUST PAST IT, UH, RECENTLY.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO OF OUR, UH, THE STAFF MEMBERS HERE WITH US.
UH, MS. JANINE, UH, HUBL COX, WHO IS OUR NEW GENERAL COUNSEL, UH, WITH US TODAY.
DID YOU STAND, PLEASE? AND ALSO MS. JENNIFER JENSEN, WHO IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, PERSON AND COORDINATOR.
UH, WE ARE HERE BASICALLY TO GIVE SOMEWHAT OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING.
BUT THEN ALSO I THINK WHAT MANY OF YOU MAY BE HERE FOR IS THE END POINT, UH, THAT WE'LL HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU ON OUR PFCS.
SO LET'S MOVE, UH, TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO HERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF HHA.
AND SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, WHAT WE REALLY WORK WITH, UH, OF COURSE, PUBLIC HOUSING, UH, WHICH, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 4,800, A LITTLE OVER 4,800 CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE.
UH, THE TAX CREDITS ARE OUR LITECH PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE PARTNERSHIP WITH.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 5,000, A LITTLE OVER 5,000 UNITS.
AND THEN OUR BIGGEST PIECE, WHAT WE MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IS, UH, THE 17,000 VOUCHERS, WHICH MAKE UP ABOUT 41,000, UH, CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE.
AND AS YOU SEE THE TOTAL CLIENT SERVED, UH, ON THAT SLIDE AND THE BREAKDOWN THAT WE PROVIDE TO YOU NOW, HHA HAS ITS JURISDICTION, THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND, MR. SNOWDEN.
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION IN THE BOOKLET IN FRONT OF THEM.
ONE OF THE LARGEST, UH, JURISDICTIONS BECAUSE WE ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, PLUS ABOUT FIVE MILES INTO OUR ETJ.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO OPERATE.
WE'LL TRY AND GO THROUGH THESE FIRST ONES, UH, A LITTLE BIT QUICKER TO GET TO THE MEAT OF WHAT EVERYONE IS HERE FOR.
UH, HHA OF COURSE OWNS AGAINST, AGAIN, THE BREAKDOWN.
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT MIDDLE PIECE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATIONS, WHICH WE LOST PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF HARVEY.
AND IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE UNITS THAT WE LOST, UH, UH, DIRECTOR BYNUM MENTIONED 2100 MEMORIAL.
UH, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE REBUILD OF THAT, UH, WHERE IT WAS, UH, AN OLD HOTEL THAT WAS BEING USED THAT FLOODED AND FLOODED AND FLOODED.
AND DURING HARVEY, I THINK IT WAS OUR LAST DRAW.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO, WITH THE ASSISTANCE, UH, THE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OF THE CITY, UH, TO BRING THAT DOWN.
AND I THINK, UH, THE UNITS WILL BE UP.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A RIBBON CUTTING, HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE LOOK TO MOVE IN MOVING THE TENANTS.
LET ME ALSO SAY THERE'S A FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN THOSE UNITS.
AND SO THOSE 197 UNITS WILL HAVE THE FIRST RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE BACK IN THOSE UNITS BEFORE.
AND SO ALSO SOME OF OUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, IRVINGTON VILLAGE, WE LOST ABOUT 10 UNITS THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT CLAYTON HOMES, WE, UH, REALLY LOST ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED OF THOSE UNITS DUE TO HARVEY.
HOWEVER, TDOT DECIDED A PURCHASE OF THE LAND, AND WITH OUR AGREEMENT, WE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE LIVING IN CLAYTON, WE WOULD PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THEM WITHIN A ONE AND A HALF TO TWO MILE RADIUS.
AND WE HAVE DONE THAT BY PURCHASING PROPERTY WITHIN THE EAST END.
AND SO WE ARE HAPPY, UH, VERY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING OVER ON THAT EAST END TO DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER ON, THAT THE OTHERS ARE THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWNS THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS SLIDE.
SO HERE, UH, WE WERE APPROACHING AFTER OUR MEETING, UH, WITH, UH, YOUR CHAIR, WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU MORE OF A BREAKDOWN PER DISTRICT.
UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO YOU A WRITTEN OUTLINE OF THESE, AND I THINK WE'LL GET THAT TO THE CHAIR SO HE CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM.
BUT THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS TO YOU PER THE DISTRICT, UH, UH, BREAKDOWN OF THE CITY AS TO WHERE HOUSING IS.
HERE AGAIN, IT TALKS ABOUT OUR VOUCHER PROGRAM.
UH, OF COURSE, THE, UH, ONE OF THE LARGER, UH, PROGRAMS, BUT YOU NOTICE THAT WE HAVE OUR TENANT-BASED VOUCHERS, BUT ALSO THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS. AND THIS, I MUST SAY THAT, UH, WE OFTENTIMES PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK, ON THE BACK BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE VOUCHERS THAT THE WORK FOR HOMELESSNESS HAS REALLY BEEN ABLE TO HAPPEN.
AND SO THE VASH VOUCHERS THAT ARE OCCURRING, I KNOW I'VE WORKED WITH THE COALITION QUITE A BIT, WAS ON THEIR BOARD AT ONE TIME.
UH, BUT THESE VOUCHERS ARE THE VOUCHERS THAT ARE USED, UH, PRIMARILY WITH OUR VETERANS, UH, BUT ALSO WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS
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THAT ARE GOING ON.UH, AND SO HERE WE TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR WORK WITH THE HOMELESS, UH, PARTNERSHIP, AND WE TALK ABOUT THE VARIOUS VOUCHERS, UH, THE SPECIAL PURPOSE VOUCHERS, OUR SVPS THAT WE HAVE, AND YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT AS WELL, AND NOTING THAT, UH, OF THE VOUCHERS, 1,172 OF THOSE VOUCHERS WERE FOR VETERANS.
AGAIN, UH, THE OVER 17,000 VOUCHERS THAT ARE LOCATED ACROSS THE CITY, UH, WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.
THIS MAP PROVIDES THE CONTEXT OF WHERE THOSE VOUCHERS ARE LOCATED, AGAIN, WITH THE BACKGROUND OF THE DISTRICT MAPS ON IT.
I'M GONNA, UH, LET MISS, UH, MR. NORTHERN TALK ABOUT, UH, THESE, UH, SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT OUR DEVELOPMENTS.
FIRST, I'LL START WITH THE MTW PROGRAM, WHICH IS CALLED MOVE THE WORK.
IT'S A SPECIAL DESIGNATION PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT, SO WE CAN CREATE LOCAL PROGRAMS TO CREATE LOCAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN HOUSTON.
WE ARE ONE OF 139 AGENCIES THAT WAS DESIGNATED OUT OF THE 4,000 PLUS AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
ALSO, WE HAVE FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM.
AND THAT PROGRAM HELPED INDIVIDUALS IN OUR PROGRAM MOVE ALONG A SPECTRUM OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS END UP PURCHASING HOMES.
AND HOW THAT PROGRAM WORKS IS THAT AS AN INDIVIDUAL INCREASES THEIR INCOME.
WE PUT THE INCOME ASIDE FOR ESCROW.
ONCE THEY COMPLETE ALL THEIR GOALS, THEY RECEIVE THAT ESCROW FUNDING.
AND THAT ESCROW FUNDING AT TIMES GO TOWARD PURCHASING A HOME, PAYING FOR EDUCATION, OR CLEARING UP THEIR CREDIT HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DURING FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
THAT PROGRAM ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO PURCHASE HOMES, AND WE CAN UTILIZE YOUR VOUCHER, YOUR HOUSE AND CHOICE VOUCHER AS PART OF YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT FOR 15 YEARS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT'S NON-DISABLED AND NON ELDERLY.
AND FOR 30 YEARS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.
THAT'S ELDERLY JOBS PLUS THAT'S A PROGRAM A COUPLE OF OUR, UM, SITES HAVE.
AND THAT PROGRAMS ALLOW US TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO MOVE ALONG THAT SPECTRUM OF SELF-SUFFICIENT ALSO.
AND SO THAT PROGRAM NOT ONLY ALLOWS US TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS TO WORK THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALLOWS US TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS TO WORK FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THE YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM IS ONE WE JUST RECENTLY APPLIED FOR, AND WE'RE WAITING APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
THAT PROGRAM'S ALLOWED US TO WORK WITH TROUBLED YOUTH FROM 16 TO 24 TO CREATE CHANGE WITHIN THEIR LIFE TO GET 'EM IF THEY DON'T ALREADY HAVE IT, A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT NOT JUST THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAVE, BUT THE CITY, THIS PROGRAM IS BASED ON A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A, UM, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, A PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM BY THE, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR SOME OF THE JOBS THAT WE'RE BRINGING HERE TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, OUR ELDERLY CLIENTS.
WE WORK VERY HARD WITH OUR PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE OUR ELDERLY CLIENTS HAVE THE BEST SERVICES NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR RESIDENT COUNCILS.
EACH SITE HAS A RESIDENT COUNCIL.
IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO GO TO A SITE AND TELL OUR CLIENTS WHAT WE NEED.
WE ALLOW THEM TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT, AND WE ASSIST THEM BY PROVIDING THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE A STRONG RESIDENT COUNCIL AND A STRONG RESIDENT COUNCIL BOARD OF LEADERS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING, UH, THE EMPHASIS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR CLIENTS.
WE'RE VERY MUCH CLIENT FOCUSED ON THIS, AND AS MR. NORTHERN TALKED ABOUT THE FSS PROGRAM, YOU'LL NOTE THE ENROLLMENT ON THIS.
THIS IS AN, UH, OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO GROW.
UH, WE'LL BE TALKING WITH HUD ON MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO, UH, MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE, AND I THINK YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED OUR, UH, HEARD IN THE NEWS WHERE OUR WAIT LIST WAS OPEN, UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO YOU THE WHERE WE ARE AS OF DECEMBER, 2022.
AND SO THE WAIT LIST DID NOT OPEN UNTIL, UH, JANUARY, BUT THESE ARE THE NUMBERS FROM 2022.
AND JUST TO SHOW AND TRY AND EMPHASIZE THE NEED, UH, FOR HOUSING.
AND SO THESE INDIVIDUALS, OF COURSE, IN OUR VOUCHER PROGRAM, WE OVER 18,000, UH, INDIVIDUALS ON THE WAIT LIST.
AND BEFORE WE OPENED THE WAIT LIST RECENTLY, WE HAD OVER 28,000 INDIVIDUALS.
I THINK AFTER A COUPLE DAYS OF THE WAIT LIST BEING O OPEN, WE HAD ANOTHER ABOUT 25 TO 30,000 YES.
UH, INDIVIDUALS TO SIGN UP AGAIN.
CAN YOU CLARIFY, ARE THEY SIGNING UP AGAIN OR THESE ARE NEW? UM, THESE ARE NEW POTENTIAL CLIENTS.
OUR DEVELOPMENTS AND THE UPDATE THAT WE WANNA PROVIDE TO YOU, UH, ON OUR DEVELOPMENTS, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE ARE DOING, UH, AS A HOLISTIC APPROACH.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I STRESS THAT AS WELL.
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NOT CONCENTRATING IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA.WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY SPECTRUM.
AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
WE TALKED ABOUT 2100 MEMORIAL, UH, AN ELDERLY, A SENIOR DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS, UM, TAKEN DOWN BY HARVEY, UH, SIX, UH, 132 OF THOSE UNITS HAD 60% A MI, UH, 18 OF THOSE UNITS WERE AT 50% A MI AND THE OTHERS WERE AT MARKET RATE.
AND SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, UH, I GUESS NORTHWEST OF HERE, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE DEVELOPMENT TAKE SOME OPPORTUNITIES.
I THINK IT'S IN, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS CISNEROS DISTRICT, AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH HER OFFICE IN INITIAL POINTS, MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS INVOLVED WITH IT AS WELL.
UH, WE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES AT TELEPHONE ROAD, ANOTHER ELDERLY AND DISABLED INCOME QUALIFIED CLIENTS THAT WERE THERE.
UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, REDOING THAT ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, UH, ALL OF THOSE UNITS.
AND, UH, IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
UH, BUT WE ARE SHOULD BE COMPLETING THAT WITHIN I THINK, THE END OF THE YEAR.
HOW MANY, UH, UNITS AT TELEPHONE ROAD? YES.
YOU KNOW, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS AT TELEPHONE ROAD? IT'S, UH, A HUNDRED UNITS, I THINK AT TELEPHONE ROAD 150.
I'LL CHECK THAT NUMBER FOR YOU MA'AM.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE DOWN TO INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS TWO.
AND SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MAYOR'S, UH, FIRST TERM, UH, WE WERE MOVING INTO INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS ONE, UH, AND WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE NOW, UH, GOING ACROSS THE STREET, UH, TO PROVIDE, UH, INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS TOO.
I THINK, UH, THE UPCOMING, UH, PROGRESS ON THAT, WE'RE MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPERS ON, UH, THAT SITE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MOVING FORWARD.
IT WILL BE A MIXED DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING OUR TAX CREDIT AS WELL AS, UH, A PFC.
AND DO YOU HAVE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS FOR THIS PRO PRO PROPERTY? TOTAL OF 398 AND 98.
THESE ARE BROKEN UP INTO PHASES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UH, THE NEXT, UH, TWO DEVELOPMENTS, AND THOSE ARE THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE DID, WE ARE DOING OVER IN, UM, THE EAST END, UH, THE POINT AT BAYOU BIN, UH, WHICH HAS DRAWN A LOT OF ATTENTION AS WELL AS THE BIN, UH, WHICH IS LOCATED ON JENSEN.
AND BOTH OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, OF COURSE, THE POINT AT BAYOU BIN WILL HAVE ABOUT 398, UH, TAX CREDIT UNITS ON IT.
UH, AND THERE WILL BE SOME, UH, PROJECT BASED UNITS THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN THE BIN HAS, UH, ABOUT 431 UNITS, AND THAT'S A MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THERE WILL BE, UH, MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS OR UNITS IN THERE AS WELL AS, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS.
WHAT'S THE, UM, THE A MI RANGE? UH, 80%.
THAT'S THE MAXIMUM FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THERE ARE MARKET RATE UNITS THAT WOULD BE THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY, LIKE MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL, UH, 9% DEALS NO MORE THAN 80 120.
SO LIKE WHEN WE SEE THREE 90 AND 4 31, CAN YOU, UM, THAT'S A LOT.
LIKE WE WOULD LOOK AT THAT AS CONCENTRATION.
SO WOULD, SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT ONE, HOW THIS IS DESIGNED.
THAT IS THIS ONE BUILDING OF 431 UNITS OR IT'S MULTIPLE BUILDINGS, A COMPLEX MULTIPLE BUILDINGS, UH, WITH, UH, I WON'T CALL IT TOWERS, BUT, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE LOCATED THERE.
OF THE 398, UH, UNITS THAT ARE THERE, I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE 60% A MI, UH, AS I MENTIONED, 95 OF THEM WILL BE PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS, AND THERE WILL BE SOME MARKETPLACE MARKET RATE UNITS THERE AS WELL.
200 UNITS, 200 UNITS CORRECTION AT TELEPHONE ROAD? YES.
UH, CUNY HOMES, UH, CUNY HOMES SITS IN THE HEART OF THIRD WARD ACROSS FROM TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.
UH, AND, UH, WE WERE AWARDED A PLANNING GRANT, UH, CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE PLANNING GRANT.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WRAPPING THAT PLANNING GRANT UP, PLANNING GRANT UP IN
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MARCH.UH, AND, UH, WE'LL HOPEFULLY MOVE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF THIS.
UH, THIS WILL BE A, WHAT WE'RE CALLING A RE-IMAGINING, RE-ENVISIONING, UH, WHAT CUNY HOMES IS, UH, 'CAUSE OF THE GRANT.
UH, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE THE NUMBER OF UNITS EXISTING AT A, AT A LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY THERE.
AND THERE AT CUNY NOW IS ABOUT 550 UNITS, BUT THERE WILL BE A MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE PLACED THERE, UH, COMING SOON.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE DEVELOPERS, ALONG WITH THE CONSULTANTS ON MAKING THIS HAPPEN THROUGH LAND ACQUISITIONS AND VARIOUS PARTNERSHIPS.
NOW WE GET INTO THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS, UH, THE HISTORY OF, AND SO IN 1999, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS, THROUGH ITS LEGISLATIVE ACT, UH, IMPLEMENTED CHAPTER 3 0 3, WHICH, UH, ALLOWED, UH, THE, UH, SOME IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE PERMITTING A MUNICIPALITY COUNTY OR A PHA PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY TO CREATE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS, PFCS.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN USING THIS MODEL OVER THE LAST, I WOULD SAY, FIVE TO SIX YEARS TO REALLY IMPACT THE ENTIRE CITY WITH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES OF AFFORDABILITY.
AND SO THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE ARE DOING, UH, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT, UH, THERE ARE SOME BAD APPLES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THAT ARE CAUSING A LOT OF ALARM.
BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR, UH, DEVELOPMENTS, UH, AT THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, I THINK, OF MAKING SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, THAT WE ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AS TO WHAT'S REQUIRED.
AND SO WITH OUR 60% A MI, UH, UNITS, UH, WE'RE ON AVERAGE ACROSS THE BOARD OF THE DEVELOPMENTS WE HAVE, WE'RE AVERAGING AT ABOUT 39% OF THOSE STUDENTS.
AND IN THIS MIX, THERE'S OFTENTIMES, WHETHER THERE'S A 50% OR A 49% MARKET RATE, WITH THE OTHER 51% BEING AFFORDABLE AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY, OUR VARIOUS LEVELS START AT 80% AND WORK ITSELF DOWN.
AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE UNITS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO PUT UNITS OF THE MOST IMPACTED AFFORDABILITY.
THE MODELS AND THE RESEARCH DICTATE THAT MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENTS ARE THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT REALLY SHOULD BE.
AND SO THERE'S A LEARNING PROCESS THAT GOES ON, WHETHER IT'S A POOR PERSON LEARNING FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS MEANS, BUT IT'S ALSO A WAY OF WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MEANS CAN LEARN FROM THE POOR.
AND I THINK THE MODEL THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE REALLY DOES THAT.
AND IF I CAN JUST INSERT RIGHT HERE, AND I THINK JUST TO REMIND, UM, THOSE IN THE MEETING, THE STATE STATUTE ONLY DICTATES A MINIMUM OF 10% AFFORDABILITY.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT CONTEXT.
THE STATUTE SAYS 10, WHAT THIS IS SHOWING IS THAT THEY HAVE A MINIMUM OF 39 ON AVERAGE OF 39%.
AND THEN WHEN YOU READ THE, UH, 12,000 AFFORDABLE UNITS, JUST TO PAINT A LARGER PICTURE IN THE CITY, OUR GOAL AT A CITY LEVEL IS 7,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABILITY CITYWIDE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 7,000 UNITS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, WE'VE EXCEEDED THAT CORRECT DIRECTOR.
SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT 7,000 AFFORDABILITY THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE APPROVED THROUGH THE BODY, AND YOU COUPLE WITH THE 12,000, RIGHT? THAT JUST, THAT COMPLETELY EXCEEDS THAT.
AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE, WHEN EACH OF US ARE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, AND HOW THIS TOOL, UM, IS, UH, IS SHOWING PROOF OF PRESERVING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, UM, MATCHED UP WITH THE CITY'S GOAL.
LET ME ALSO SAY, UH, MADAM CHAIR, THAT, UH, WE HAVE ALSO PUT IN A COMPLIANCE PIECE, UH, TO WHERE A AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL DO CERTIFICATIONS AND COMPLIANCE OF MAKING SURE OUR DEVELOPMENTS ARE ADHERING TO, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN OUTLINED WITHIN OUR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS.
SO, AGAIN, THIS TALKS ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE OVER 12,000 UNITS, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, AS YOU WILL NOTE, OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO THERE'S A TOTAL ACROSS THE CITY ABOUT TO DATE, ABOUT 22,000 UNITS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE OF WHICH
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12,597 ARE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE.UH, AND THEN THAT GIVES US THAT 39% OF THE UNITS THAT BEING AT OR BELOW THAT 60% A MI.
UM, MAYOR PRO TIM? NO, I WAS GONNA WAIT.
AGAIN, A BREAKDOWN OF THE DEVELOPMENTS, UH, THUS FAR, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, PUT IN PLACE.
AND, UH, WE WILL, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UH, PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THAT TIME.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN SNOWDEN, AND THANK YOU PRESIDENT NORTHERN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I WAS TELLING, UH, CHAIRWOMAN TIFFANY THOMAS BEFORE WE STARTED.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.
AND FOR US, IT'S BEEN SORT OF A, WE DON'T KNOW, RIGHT? MM-HMM
WE HAVE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, WE HAVE HOUSTON HOUSING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE HARRIS COUNTY, SO WE HAVE ALL THESE ENTITIES AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S ON FIRST AND WHO'S AT BAT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME AND COMING TO EDUCATE US BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN EDUCATIONAL FOR ME AND APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR COMING.
AND IF THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY, UH, IF WE CAN HAVE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO KEEP, PROVIDE UPDATES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, IF OUR CHAIRWOMAN WOULD ALLOW US TO COME BACK AT TIMES TO REPORT BACK ON UPDATES.
I THINK THE CRITICAL WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IS SO IMPORTANT, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN.
UM, SO WITH THESE PFCS, UM, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY IN THE STATUTE IT'S 10%.
IT ONLY HAS TO BE 10%, BUT WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN THAT.
LIKE YOU REPORTED 39% ON AVERAGE.
UM, AND THERE ARE 76 PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR THIS PFC PROGRAM, AND THERE'S ANOTHER 51 RIGHT NOW IN NEGOTIATION.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS, LIKE YOU SAID.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 21 PROPERTIES A YEAR, AND WE KNOW THAT WITH THESE, UM, PFCS, THERE'S A 100% TAX EXEMPTION.
AND SO OF THOSE 76 PROPERTIES, NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE 51 THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATION, WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT BEING TAKEN OFF THE TAX ROLL AS OF RIGHT NOW, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN YOU, UM, CAN WE ASK THEM TO CLARIFY, UM, NEW CONSTRUCTION OR ACQUISITION? THE TOOL CAN BE USED EITHER TO ACQUIRE AN EXISTING PROPERTY OR TO DO A NEW CONSTRUCTION DEAL WITH LIKE A 9% OR 4%.
SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO GIVE CONTEXT TO PROPERTY THAT WERE ALREADY EXISTING VERSUS NEW DEALS, NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE MAY SEE.
SO, SO ON AVERAGE, WE AVERAGED IT OUT, IT'S ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS PER PROPERTY, SO THAT'D BE ABOUT 76 MILLION RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN SOME OF THESE LEASES WITH THE PFCS, WE KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE 75 YEAR LEASES OR 99 YEAR LEASES, CORRECT? ON THE LAND, YES.
UM, AND I KNOW IN THE STATUTE, THE, THE MINIMUM IS 10 YEARS FOR THE LEASES.
WHY HAVE SUCH A LONG LEASE? I MEAN, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, UM, THE THOUGHT IS OR THE THEORY IS BEHIND THAT.
WELL, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU MY THOUGHTS.
UH, AND AS YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF WHAT THE NEED IS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, HUFFMAN, UH, THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS DIARY WITHIN THE CITY AND ACROSS THE CITY.
AND SO IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING FOR 10 YEARS FOR IT TO REVERT BACK TO, THEN YOUR PROBLEM WILL MORE THAN LIKELY COME BACK.
AND SO WHAT OUR, UH, GOAL AND MISSION OF THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY IS TO, UH, I WON'T SAY ERADICATE, BUT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO, AND, AND THERE'S SEVERAL DEFINITIONS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK OFTENTIMES PEOPLE GET CONFUSED WITH, WHEN YOU SAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU WANT TO THROW IT ALL IN AND SAY IT'S PUBLIC HOUSING, RIGHT? WELL, PUBLIC HOUSING IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THERE ARE VARIOUS NEEDS, PROBABLY BE A FEW OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES AROUND YOU ARE APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS AFFORDABLE.
AND SO YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT PIECE AROUND YOU TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, WORKING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ABLE TO ALSO LIVE AND EAT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE TO ME, YOU KNOW, HAVING A 99 YEAR LEASE OR A 75 YEAR LEASE IS, IS A VERY LONG AMOUNT
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OF TIME.AND WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER IF, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT 20 YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAY IF WE HAVE THESE BAD ACTORS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY COMPLYING, WE COULD GO BACK AND REVISIT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IS IT REALLY SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY? THINGS LIKE THAT.
WELL, I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEAL WITH THE BACK BAD ACTORS IN PLACE WITH WHAT EXISTS NOW.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS INDIVIDUALS ARE DOING THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE PARTIES THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THE WORK THAT THEY'RE SET OUT TO DO.
AND SO, AGAIN, THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY IS SET OUT TO PROVIDE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY TO THE MASSES OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HOUSTON, BUT ALSO THAT ARE COMING TO HOUSTON.
NOW, IN REGARDS TO, UM, MOTION TO EXTEND.
ALL IN FAVOR? NO OPPOSED, CONTINUE.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE THESE 76, WE ADD IN THE 51 THAT ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS.
SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 127 PROPERTIES, WHICH IS ABOUT 127 MILLION A YEAR, TAKEN OFF THE PROPERTY ROLLS, UM, FOR 75 YEARS OR UP TO 99 YEARS.
UM, IF I WANT TO FIND ONE OF THESE PFCS TO GO LIVE IN, WHERE DO I ACCESS THAT LIST? BECAUSE I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I THINK THAT WAS A MISSED POINT.
UH, WE ARE SETTING UP AND WE HAD A, UH, VERY DETAILED CONVERSATION WITH OUR, UH, YOUR CHAIRWOMAN ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT ON OUR SITE THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE SECTION FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
AND WE DO, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT I TALKED ABOUT AS THIS WAIT LIST, BECAUSE THAT WITHIN ITSELF HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED THAT'S THERE.
SO THAT SITE WILL BE SET UP WITHIN OUR WEBSITE SO THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY THOSE.
WE, WHEN WILL THAT BE AVAILABLE? EXCUSE ME? WHEN WILL THAT BE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE? WE'RE ABOUT 98% DONE WITH IT NOW, SO THE TIMELINE, WE'RE THINKING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
OH, ONCE YOU, SO COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFIN AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION ONGOING, RIGHT? IN TERMS OF HOUSING, AND I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO RIGHT, THE WAIT, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WAIT LIST, RIGHT, WE HAVE 28,000 NEW FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING TO LIVE WHEREVER THEY WANNA LIVE IN THE CITY.
BUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, UM, WHEN WE ISSUE MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS WITH DR.
17, THAT'S A 35, 40 YEAR MULTIFAMILY.
THAT'S THE LIFELINE WE TYPICALLY WE HAVE, IT'S NOT THROUGH THE WHOLE LIFE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO I THINK AT THE STATE LEVEL, WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, GET THERE TO AUSTIN, THAT WE OFFER SOME FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE MODELING LOCALLY AND THEN HOW WE CAN INFLUENCE THAT.
UM, SO SEE IT FROM OUR END, WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING AT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEFERRED FOR CYCLES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, LIMITED FUNDS HERE, AND THEN TO HAVE, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT THE LIFE OF THE PROPERTY OFF THE TAX ROLL, WE'RE TRYING TO MARRY THE PRIORITY OF, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE 28,000 HAVE A PLACE TO GO WHEREVER THEY CHOOSE THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S FOOTPRINT, UM, AND HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE THINGS.
UM, BUT THEN SECONDLY, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AND EVEN FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHEN I MET WITH THEM SEPARATELY, UM, I HAVE NO 9% DEALS THAT CAME THROUGH DISTRICT F.
THERE WERE NONE IN FJ OR B OR K, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, THOSE NEW PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION DEALS COMING FOR AFFORDABILITY AND TO HAVE THE INFORMATION TO SAY, OH, THERE ARE PFCS ON THE WEST SIDE AND THERE ARE 20 UNITS AVAILABLE.
OH, THERE'S ACCESS TO HOUSING IN THE WEST.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE PERSPECTIVE MANY OF US ARE LOOKING AT IT FROM IS LIKE, WELL, WHERE IS IT, UH, NOT TO JUST INTERROGATE, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE PERFORM OFFER THESE RESOURCES? AGAIN, NO DIFFERENT TO SEARCH NO DIFFERENT THAN AIDS FOUNDATION, HOUSTON, HOW DO WE GET THIS TO HOUSTONIANS WHO ARE IN CRITICAL NEED THAT ARE IN THAT PIPELINE? THAT'S THE TYPE OF INFORMATION.
AND, AND SOME OF THE, THE, THE WALK, THE TEACHABLE MOMENTS FOR ME IN THAT MEETING WAS, ONE, IT'S COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION.
CLEARLY THIS TYPE OF WORK, LIKE IMAGINE WHAT THAT PRESS WOULD'VE BEEN IN THE CHRONICLE TO SAY, NOT ONLY DID THE CITY EXCEED ITS HOUSING GOAL OF 7,000 UNITS, BUT IN PARTNERSHIP AND COUPLED WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THIS IS WHAT HOUSTON'S LEADING, RIGHT? WE'RE DOING IT IN HOMELESSNESS, BUT WE'RE UNABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
AND THIS IS THE GOOD STUFF HERE.
UM, AND TO GIVE HOUSTONIANS HOPE AND, AND ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY.
SO I THINK THERE'S, AND IN BOTH, AND I THINK IN THE LEGISLATURE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE THAT STATUE.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME BILLS AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AROUND THAT MINIMUM 20 POINT, Y'ALL ARE DOING AVERAGE ON 39%.
CORRECT? THAT'S A MODEL TO SAY, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN HOUSTON SHOULD MODEL WHAT'S HAPPENING STATEWIDE, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION, WE CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR THE VERY BEST IN OUR CITY.
AND SO THIS IS TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL, AND I THINK IT CL CLEARS UP, AND
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TO HAVE THAT PORTAL WILL BE HELPFUL.AND I, AND I ALWAYS SAY THIS, 9%, 4% DEAL, PFC, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE CITY, THEY HAVE A PAY GRADE OF A 20 AND THEY'RE GONNA MAKE $1,600 EVERY TWO WEEKS.
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS TO WHERE THAT PFC IS SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY WHERE THEY CAN TAKE THE TRAIN AND COME TO WORK, RIGHT? THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROFESSIONAL AND WE DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE OR THE INFORMATION TO GET THEM WHAT THEY NEED.
AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY, UM, UH, DEFINITION.
AND WE NEED TO WORK AND CHANGING THE NARRATIVE OF WHO THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE VIRTUALLY.
THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS.
THESE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING DOWN AT 9 1 1 ANSWERING THOSE CALLS.
IT'S THE FOLKS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE PARAPROFESSIONALS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PART OF THAT STORY AND, AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE OFTEN NOT.
SO THIS HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL, AND I KNOW WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, AND EVEN FOR STAFF MEMBERS TO BRIEF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER ON WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THEN HOW WE CAN TAKE THIS LANGUAGE AND REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW HOUSTON IS LEADING COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THESE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE, UM, TAX DEALS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH COUNCIL RIGHT NOW.
AND ONE LARGE PART OF THAT IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND WE TALKED TO THE DEVELOPERS ABOUT HOW HAVE YOU ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY AROUND YOU.
AND WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SESSION.
AND ONE OF THE CRITICISMS THAT I HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS WITH THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED.
AND I KNOW THAT YOUR READING OF THE STATUTE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THE NEIGHBORS NOTICE, BUT WE HAVE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ALL OVER THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
ONES THAT ARE PUTTING IN TARGETS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE THEY ARE MEETING WITH PEOPLE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK, THEY'RE FIGURING OUT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.
AND I'M HEARING FROM MY CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY'RE SURPRISED EVERY TIME THEY HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS COMING.
AND PART OF THAT IS THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION EVEN WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN THESE ARE GOING IN, IN THE DISTRICT.
AND I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HELP SPREAD THE INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE CAUGHT OFF GUARD LIKE THEY ARE.
AND SO HOW CAN THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY, HOW CAN Y'ALL ARE, DO YOU PLAN ON ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY ON, IN THESE 51 UPCOMING PROJECTS? UM, WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE? WELL, I'LL SAY AGAIN, UH, FROM OUR MEETING WITH, UH, THE CHAIR, UH, WE DID TALK ABOUT THE PIECE OF NOTIFICATION TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
BUT LET ME ALSO SAY THAT IF YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE THE 200, 250 PLUS PAGE AGENDAS THAT WE PUT OUT, UH, THAT WE PUT OUT.
AND WE POST WITH ALL OF OUR WORK, MORE EXTENSIVE THAN ANY OTHER HOUSING AUTHORITY AND PROBABLY MANY OTHER AGE.
ANY OTHER AGENCY PUTS OUT THE EXTENSIVE NATURE OF WHAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN OUR BOARD PACKETS, AND IT'S AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT THE NOTIFICATION, I THINK, IS ONE THAT WE WILL DO FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S, UM, SIMILAR TO THE 9% DEALS, WHEN THAT NOTICE GOES OUT, ALL COUNCIL OFFICES RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION FOR WITH INFORMATION.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE REQUEST, AND THEY'VE AGREED TO THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S FAIR, WHICH THEN GIVES US THE INFORMATION TO COMMUNICATE, HEY, THIS IS COMING.
AND THEN ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO FACILITATE A COMMUNITY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO FOR 9% MM-HMM
RIGHT? SO WE DO THAT WITH 9%, UH, UH, DEALS.
AND WE HAVE, UM, AS SHE MENTIONED, IT'S, IT'S A PRIORITY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ANCHOR IN.
UM, UH, 'CAUSE ONE, WE WANNA GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THAT WHAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO THEM, RIGHT? SO THEY CAN STAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE ACCESS TO A UNIT.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO THAT HELPS US CHANGE THE STORY.
AND I THINK PEOPLE, WHEN WE DON'T COMMUNICATE, WE, WE ARE ALLOWED TO CREATE OUR OWN STORY ABOUT WHAT IT IS.
AND, AND SO ONCE WE CAN GET AHEAD OF IT, MORE THAN LIKELY FOLKS WALK AWAY WITH, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
AND I THINK PEOPLE WILL WALK AWAY IF THEY'RE WATCHING, IF THEY'RE READING THIS, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
RIGHT? 22,000 UNITS, 12,000 AFFORDABLE.
SO HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE SOME NOTIFICATIONS, BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
I'M JUST THINKING, AS WE DO HEAR THIS FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE WORK WITH THEM AND WE WORK WITH YOU ALL AND GETTING THIS NOTIFICATION OUT.
IS THERE SOMEONE WHO COULD ACT AS A LIAISON FOR COUNCIL STAFF IN PARTICULAR WHEN WE HAVE THESE QUESTIONS COME THROUGH OUR OFFICES THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO DIRECTLY? YES.
JENNIFER JENSEN, OUR COMMUNICATIONS PERSON, MOST OF YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY HAD COMMUNICATION IN OFFICES, BUT SHE'S
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THE DIRECT CONTACT FOR US, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE HER, UH, INFORMATION TO YOU.MORNING GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
UM, IN YOUR PACKET, THERE ARE THREE MAPS ON PAGE FIVE, PAGE NINE, AND PAGE 22, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH, SO IF YOU COULD EDUCATE ME PLEASE.
ON PAGE FIVE, IT SAYS A MAP OF H-H-O-H-H-A OWNED PROPERTIES.
SO THE, ARE THESE ALL MULTIFAMILY TYPE OF PROJECTS? YES.
SECOND QUESTION ARE WHAT TYPE OF, OR HOW MUCH IN PROPERTY TAXES DO THESE PROPERTIES? OR ARE THEY ALL EXEMPT, OR IS IT A PORTION EXEMPT? THEY'RE ALL EXEMPT.
PAGE NINE, MAP OF VOUCHERS BY ZIP CODE.
EACH OF THESE DOTS AND CIRCLES ARE THESE LOCATIONS WHERE PROJECTS EXIST, WHICH TAKE, WHICH TAKE VOUCHERS? NO.
WHAT, WHAT PAGE DID YOU SAY, SIR? PAGE NINE.
PAGE NINE IS WHERE? PUBLIC HOUSING, WELL VOUCHERS, HOUSING CHOICES VOUCHERS ARE LOCATED CURRENTLY.
SO THOSE WERE INDIVIDUAL LANDLORDS CHOOSE TO TAKE, UH, VOUCHERS FROM THE HOUSE RECORDING.
SO EACH OF THESE DOTS AND CIRCLES ARE LOCATIONS THAT TAKE VOUCHERS? YES, IT'S AN AREA AND UNIT.
AND SO THESE PROPERTIES, ARE THEY TAX EXEMPT A HUNDRED PERCENT OR OCEAN OR, THOSE ARE OWNED BY PRIVATE OWNERS THAT ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO RENT WITH THE USE OF A HEALTHY CHOICE VOUCHER? SO THAT'S, SO THE, THE LANDLORDS OF THESE PARTICULAR PROJECTS DO NOT GET TAX BREAKS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND THE LAST ONE WAS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PFCS, EACH OF THOSE THAT MAP ON PAGE 22.
UM, ARE EACH OF THESE DOTS ON THIS MAP, ARE THEY ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT TAX EXEMPT? YES.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
AND COULD YOU CLARIFY ON THAT SAME MAP, IF THESE ARE, UM, OH, NO, YOU DID.
IF Y'ALL COULD, YES, WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING MAR ONE.
WE'LL GIVE YOU, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A LISTING OF WITHIN EACH SHOOT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT AS TO WHERE THEY ARE, AND WE'LL PROVIDE THOSE TO YOU.
AND I'LL, I'LL SHARE THAT OUT TO COLLEAGUES.
UH, THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
ONE, I WANT TO, I, I WANNA THANK YOU, UH, FOR BEING BRAVE TO COME TO THE LION'S DEN, UM, A LONG TIME.
BUT HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE START OF, UM, ONGOING COMMUNICATION.
AND I THINK WE HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH, TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AROUND AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY AND HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT WAIT LIST AND HOW WE DO THAT WITH YOUR AGENCY AND WITH OUR CITY DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, EVERYTHING THAT'S, THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
AGAIN, Y'ALL MUST LOVE ME TODAY.
SO LET ME, UH, DO MY CLOSING COMMENTS.
UH, DIRECTOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS TO WRAP US UP BEFORE I END? ADJOURN OUR MEETING? HAPPY MARDI GRAS.
SO BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 21ST, 2023.
THE DISTRICT F OFFICE WILL SEND OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
I WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR, UM, SHARING YOUR TIME WITH US THIS MORNING AND FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION SHARED.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED AT 11:38 AM BYE-BYE.