[Housing and Affordability Committee on October 20, 2026.]
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STAFF REPRESENTING OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM, MARTHA CASTEX, TATUM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ DISTRICT.
I STAFF REPRESENTING COUNCIL MEMBER SALINAS AT LARGE FOUR.
AND THEN FOR EVERYONE WHO IS, UM, UH, WATCHING ON HTV.
AND WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS THEY ATTEND.
WE HAVE A FAIRLY CLEAN AGENDA FOR THE DAY.
WE'RE HEAR FROM PUBLIC SERVICES, COMPLIANCE AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION, SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE OUR DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.
AND, UM, AS A REMINDER, WE WILL ALLOW OUR, UH, UH, TOP STAFF FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE THEIR PRESENTATION.
THEN WE'LL OPEN UP FROM Q AND A.
MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING THIS MEETING.
UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS, UH, WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE INTEREST AND SUPPORT THAT THIS GROUP GIVES US.
AND, AND THE QUESTIONS ONLY MAKE US BETTER.
SO, UM, FEEL FREE TO ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT.
UH, AS YOU MENTIONED TODAY, WE'LL GO THROUGH COMPLIANCE, SINGLE FAMILY, THEN MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE OF AGENDA, AND WE WILL DISCUSS THE POWER GENERATION PROJECT AND THEN COME BACK TO THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.
UM, SO WE'LL START WITH THE COMPLIANCE.
KENISHA LONDON, UH, HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES AND HAS GREAT EXPERIENCE IN THIS COMPLIANCE AREA.
UM, THE MORE I SPEND TIME WITH KENISHA, THE MORE I LIKE HER WORK AND APPRECIATE HER WORK BECAUSE, UM, HER VERY CAREFUL, CAREFUL WORK ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET TOO MANY FINDINGS AND THAT WE GET OUR MONEY BACK AS NEEDED.
UH, THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY ACTION PLAN FOR THE 2024 DE RATIO AND HURRICANE BARREL RESULTING IN THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.
FIRST, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE URGENT NEED NATIONAL OBJECTIVE TO THE FOLLOWING, DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAMS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PUBLIC SAFETY DEBRIS REPOSITORY ACQUISITION SLASH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE VISITATION MANAGEMENT AND DEBRIS REMOVAL PROGRAM, AND THE POWER GENERATION RESILIENCE PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION TO, UM, ADDING THE URGENT NEED NATIONAL OBJECTIVE, WE ARE ALSO SEEKING TO REVISE THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY FOR THE VEGETATION REMOVAL, EXCUSE ME, THE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AND DEBRIS REMOVAL PROGRAM FROM INTERIM ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC SERVICES.
THE REASON WHY THIS CHANGE IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE PURCHASE OF NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO CARRY OUT PREVENTATIVE AND MITIGATION, UM, FUNCTIONS.
FOR THIS ACTIVITY, ADDING THE URGENT NEED NATIONAL OBJECTIVE WILL EXPAND THE CITY'S ABILITY TO SERVE A GREATER POPULATION IMPACTED BY THE DISASTERS.
HOWEVER, PER HUD'S UNIVERSAL NOTICE, THE DEPARTMENT WILL ENSURE THAT NO MORE THAN 30% OF THE FUNDING WILL GO TO PROJECTS UNDER THE URGENT NEED NATIONAL OBJECTIVE.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY CHANGES TO THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR THESE PROGRAMS. AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO AMEND COMPONENTS OF ITS ACTION PLAN FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING CHANGES TO PROGRAM BENEFITS, UM, OR ELIG, UM, EXCUSE ME, OR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN IN THE ROOM.
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO JOIN US BECAUSE OF HER HGAC OBLIGATIONS.
SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU, UM, IN THE HORSESHOE.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ'S OFFICE IN THE CUBA BEFORE, UH, WE MOVE FORWARD.
I DO WANT, I WANT STAFF FROM COUNCIL, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO, UH, PRO TEM, UH, PECK'S OFFICE.
IT'S THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM PECK.
I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE A YOUNG STAFFER THAT JUST SPEAKS TO YOUR, YOUR YOUTH AND YOU'RE TAKING YOUR VITAMINS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS WELL.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, DR 24, REMEMBER THE $314 MILLION AND A PART OF THAT WAS VEGETATION MAINTENANCE, UM, AND, UM, UM, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THE GENERATOR GENERATORS A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS GENERATORS.
AND SO THIS IS JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE FOR THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO THE HORSESHOE IN TERMS OF STAFF, UM, AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO.
AND SO, UM, YOU WILL SEE THIS ON THE AGENDA COMING UP PRETTY SOON.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DIRECTION.
SO JUST TO CHECK MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, SO IT'S NOT CHANGING THE ALLOCATION BECAUSE WE ALREADY APPROVE THE MONEY FOR THIS PURPOSE.
IT'S JUST ADDING SOME KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE LANGUAGE TO ALLOW US TO DO IT.
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THAT RIGHT? YES.AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT, UM, PRIMARILY WITH C-D-B-G-D-R FUNDS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND AT LEAST 70% OF THE FUNDS IN LOW, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME AREAS.
AND SO WHAT THIS CHANGE IS GONNA DO, UM, IS ALLOW US TO SERVE THAT 30% OF THE FUNDS IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT, UH, CONSIDERED LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS AND PRI AND PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL.
SO IN ORDER TO BE A, UH, LOW MOD AREA, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME REPRESENTATION IN ADDITION TO BEING PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO WHEN A PROJECT DOESN'T HAVE BOTH OF THOSE COMPONENTS, THEN IT QUALIFIES TO BE UNDER THAT URGENT NEED CATEGORY, UM, UNDER THE C-D-B-G-D-R RULES.
SO IT'S NOT MORE MONEY FOR GENERATORS, IT'S JUST ALLOWING IT TO BE SPENT IN A DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHY OR SOMETHING? YES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE GENERATORS FOR THE GENERATOR PROGRAM.
IF WE WERE TO USE A SITE THAT WAS IN AN AREA THAT WASN'T PRIMARILY LOW MOD OR RESIDENTIAL, THEN WE COULD STILL SERVE IT UNDER THAT URGENT NEED CATEGORY.
AND WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED THE ACTION PLAN, URGENT NEED WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMS LISTED.
YES, YOU THE BEST, THE BEST I CAN SAY THIS IS I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THIS, IS IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE PLAYING JENGA.
UH, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY'S IN THE RIGHT LOCATION AND THE RIGHT KIND OF DOLLARS AS YOU DO THINGS.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
AGAIN, WE STILL COMMITTED TO 70% OF THE DOLLARS BEING IN TO LOW MOD AREAS.
NEXT UP, SINGLE FAMILY C SAIN IS OVER OVER OUR SINGLE FAMILY ACTIVITIES.
AGAIN, APPRECIATE HIS CREATIVITY.
HE, UM, HE ALSO IS A PROBLEM SOLVER AND, UM, AND WE, HE'S REALLY WORKING HARD TO GET THE SINGLE FAMILY DOLLARS OUT AND MEANINGFUL TO THE CITY.
AND HE'S NOT TURNING RED COMING TO THE MIC.
HE HATES TALKING ON THE MIC AT COMMITTEE.
WELL, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M PRESENTING ITEMS THREE A THROUGH 3D ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
ITEM A HCD RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE DECREASING $4,093,911 AND 49 CENTS OF UPTOWN TARIFFS SERIES 2021 AFFORDABLE HOME, UH, FUNDS, UM, FROM, FROM VARIOUS, UH, SINGLE FAMILY PROGRAMS THAT ARE CLOSED OR COMPLETED.
AND TO ALLOCATING $4,093,911 AND 49 CENTS OF THE UPTOWN TOUR SERIES 2021, AFFORDABLE HOME FUNDS TO EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY PROGRAMS THAT HAVE EXHAUSTED FUNDING.
UM, AND THIS WILL AFFECT ALL DISTRICTS.
AND THEN TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BREAKDOWN OF THIS ITEM, SO $3,093,911 AND 49 CENTS WILL GO UNDER OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND 1 MILLION OF THAT FUND WILL GO TO OUR NHDP PROGRAM.
ITEM B-H-C-D-D RECOMMENDS, CAN YOU ALSO EXPLAIN, UM, THE NHP PROGRAM AND HOW THE REVENUE COMES BACK? SURE.
SO NHDP, UM, IS A PROGRAM WHERE WE BUILD HOMES, UH, AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR SALE.
AND AS THOSE HOMES ARE SOLD, THOSE FUNDS COME BACK TO THE CITY TO REUSE IN PERPETUITY.
SO WE CONTINUE BUILDING UNTIL THOSE FUNDS ARE ALL EXHAUSTED.
UH, ITEM BHCD RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED AND REVISIONS TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM GUIDELINES VERSION 2.0 TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CAP OF RECONSTRUCTION FROM 250,000 TO 300,000, INCREASE THE MAXIMUM CAP PAYMENT PAYMENT PLANS FOR DELINQUENT TAXES FROM $1,000 TO $5,000 TO ALIGN WITH ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. THREE, INCORPORATE PRIOR ASSISTANCE RESTRICTIONS, UH, FOR RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND STANDARDIZED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ACROSS ALL SINGLE FAMILY PROGRAMS. AND FOUR, UPDATE THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PROVISIONS TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS.
ITEM C EIGHT CDD RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZED AN AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENTS AND RELATED LEGAL DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S HOME REPAIR PROGRAM TO ALIGN WITH THE AMENDED HOME REPAIR PROGRAM GUIDELINES VERSION 2.0, NO FUNDING IS ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM, AND THIS AFFECTS ALL DISTRICTS.
ITEM D-A-C-D-D RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF
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AN AMENDMENT TO AN ORDINANCE, UH, NUMBER 2026 DASH 0 4 5 9 TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS OF 2,700,000 9,790 2020 $3 AND 2020 6 CENTS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DOLLARS TO THE HOME REPAIR MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENTS, AND TO INCREASE THE AGGREGATE MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT FROM $3 MILLION TO 5.792, UH, MILLION DOLLARS.THE TOTAL ALLOCATION, UH, INCLUDES $884,777 AND 98 CENTS FROM C-D-B-G-P-Y 2025 AND $1,907,245 AND 28 CENTS FROM C-D-B-G-P-Y 26.
AND THIS AFFECTS ALL DISTRICTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN ON THE MOVING THE 3 MILLION PLUS TO HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE, ABOUT HOW MANY FAMILIES WILL THAT HELP AND WHAT ARE THE RANGES OF HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE? I KNOW IT'S BASED ON WHAT THEY, BASED ON INCOME AND ALL THAT, BUT SO WHAT'S THE MAX? YEAH, SO IT'S UP TO $75,000 AND THAT WILL GO UP TO, UH, BASED ON THE ACTUAL NEED.
SO OUR AVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 55 $60,000 OKAY.
THAT WE SEE COME IN INTO THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN REMEMBER WE HAVE THE 2.0 THAT'S UP TO THE 1 25, AND I THINK MONTHS AGO WE WENT FROM 50 TO 75 ALLOCATION.
SO, UM, UH, AS MUCH AS WE CAN PUT INTO THAT FUND IS INCREDIBLY, IT GOES PRETTY FAST.
RIGHT, BECAUSE IN THE TURS ALLOCATION AS WELL, THERE'S DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, DR.
DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, CDBG, AND IT, IT'S FULLY SUBSCRIBED.
AND SO THE, I THINK A MONTH AGO WE HAD AN ALLOCATION ON COUNCIL THAT WAS LIKE $600,000 TO REALLOCATE AND IT WENT TO THE EXISTING 2.0 APPLICATION THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE QUEUE.
SO YEAH, IT'S STILL HIGH DEMAND FOR SURE.
UM, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ.
UH, SO ON THE SAME ITEM THREE A, CAN YOU EDUCATE ME WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BUCKETS THAT WE WERE MOVING THE MONEY FROM AND WE'RE MOVING IT TO? I KNOW YOU SAID THEY WERE CLOSED, BUT THEY SOLD MONEY IN THEM, SO WHAT? SURE.
SO WE PUT IN CONTINGENCY FUNDS INTO PROJECTS, UH, SUCH AS OUR AFFORDABLE HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
SO PROJECTS SUCH AS ROBINS LANDING PALM, UM, SOUTHERN PALMS. YEAH.
UM, THOSE PROJECTS HAVE SINCE, UM, RECEIVED ALL THE FUNDING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE PUT IN.
SO THESE ARE RESIDUAL DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING OUT THERE FOR THAT PROGRAM.
SO FOR, SO FOR MOVING IT INTO DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, UM, AS THE SHERIFF SAID, WE'VE SEEN INCREASING, LIKE WE'VE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT EACH FAMILY CAN GET FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
UM, ARE WE STILL LOOKING AT LIKE A FIVE, FIVE YEAR OR 10 YEAR AFFORDABILITY FOR THOSE? CORRECT.
IT'S STILL A FIVE YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD THAT WILL BE REQUIRED.
AND WE DO A RECAPTURE PROVISION.
SO IF THAT HOME IS SOLD, UH, DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, WE RECAPTURE THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE PLACED INTO THE, UM, UH, HOME.
AND, UM, I KNOW SOMETIMES WE HAVE A POLICY DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE SUPER LOW INCOME AND COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY A HOME, OTHERWISE, WHAT ABOUT THE LAND TRUST MODEL? RIGHT.
WHERE THE LAND IS HELD IN THE TRUST AND THE FAMILIES OWN THE HOME.
SO IT'S A TOOL THAT'S IN THE TOOLBOX.
UH, EVERY FAMILY THAT COMES TO THE TABLE MUST BE MORTGAGE READY, SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A MORTGAGE IN PLACE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE OUR ASSISTANCE.
UM, WHAT ABOUT, SO ON THE ITEM WHERE WE'RE INCREASING IT FROM 250 TO 300,000, SO THREE B UH, FOR, FOR MAX RECONSTRUCTION DOLLAR AMOUNTS, UM, IS THERE A, AN AFFORDABILITY PERIOD REQUIRED? AFFORDABILITY REQUIRED? SO WE, WE PUT IN 300,000.
SO YEAH, SO THERE'S A 10 YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD THAT'S ON ALL, UH, RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IS, SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS IN PRACTICE WHERE, UH, ITEMS SUCH AS HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT'S REQUIRED, UH, HOA REQUIREMENTS.
UH, SOME CITY COMPLIANCE SUCH AS ELEVATION THAT IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL.
UH, THOSE ARE, WE'VE BEEN USING A $50,000 POT, BUT SINCE WE HAVE WENT TO A COMPOSITE PRICE MODEL, THIS ALLOWS US TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE MAX CAP TO ALIGN WITH ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, UH, ASSISTING THROUGH THESE, UM, HOME REPAIR.
AND SO IS THIS WHY ITEM 3D WE'RE MOVING MONEY FROM ANOTHER PLACE INTO THIS IN ORDER TO INCREASE IT TO 300 OR THIS? NO.
SO THIS IS OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING.
SO THERE'S ALREADY A CONTRACT THAT'S IN PLACE UNDER ORDINANCE,
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UH, 2026, UH, DASH 0 4 5 9, WHERE WE HAVE $3 MILLION IN HOME REPAIR ALREADY ALLOCATED ON THE MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENTS.WE'RE ADDING OUR NEW FUNDING TO THAT MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENTS.
SO JUST TO CHECK MY UNDERSTANDING.
THAT CONCLUDES QUESTIONS FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
DEREK SELLERS, WOULD YOU COME UP FOR MULTIFAMILY? OH, EXCUSE ME.
RYAN BBBS, MR. RYAN BBBS, COME UP FOR MULTIFAMILY.
I STILL THINK RYAN HAS THE MOST FUN JOB 'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAS MORE GRAND OPENINGS THAN OTHERS, BUT I CAN'T QUITE TELL
GOOD MORNING CHAIR, VICE CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, VICE P, CHIEF OF STAFF.
UH, THIS NEXT ITEM HERE IS, UH, THIS NEXT ITEM IS, IS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR ANDOVER VILLAGE.
HCD RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR AND ANDOVER VILLAGE.
THIS PROJECT, UH, IS HAVING, UH, AN AMENDED RESOLUTION FOR ITS 9% HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION.
THE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IS BEING AMENDED TO INCLUDE HARRIS COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, AND THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALSO, UH, INCLUDE RE REDUCTION, UH, OF THE UNITS FROM ONE 20 TO 1 0 5.
THE NEXT NEXT SLIDE, UM, DESCRIBES THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AS A NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR FAMILY 105 UNITS LOCATED AT 69 0 1.
BELFORT, UH, NUMBER TYPES OF UNITS WILL BE ONE BEDROOM THROUGH THREE BEDROOM AIS WILL RANGE FROM 30% A MI THROUGH 60% A MI LOCATED IN DISTRICT.
I IN THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO HAVE A STANDALONE PRE-K FACILITY.
THIS PROJECT WAS AWARDED $4 MILLION AND IS PART OF A $35 MILLION TOTAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE DEVELOPER IS PARTNERING WITH HARRIS COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND WOULD BE PART OF THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE TO ALSO HELP FILL A FUNDING GAP ON THE DEAL.
THE PROJECT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON, BUT BECAUSE OF THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE CHANGE, INCLUDING HARRIS COUNTY, T-D-A-C-A REQUIRES A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT CONFIRMING CONTINUED LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT.
WE HAVE THE DEVELOPER, DONNA RICKENBACKER HERE WITH US, WITH DWR WITH US TODAY.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER.
I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AS THIS WAS ALREADY A, UM, 9% DEAL THAT WAS APPROVED.
AND SO COLLECTIVELY, THE BODY HAS ALREADY SUPPORTED THIS UNANIMOUSLY.
AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING TO COUNCIL.
LET'S SEE, IT SAYS DISTRICT C.
IT SHOULD BE ALL, ALL DISTRICTS.
UH, HCD RECOMMENDS AN APPROVAL FOR HOUSTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION TO ASSIGN AND TRANSFER ITS VOLUME CAP TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
T-D-A-C-A-H-H-F-C HAS GIVEN PERMISSION TO T-D-A-C-A TO WORK WITH LENDERS TO ISSUE LOW INTEREST RATE MORTGAGES TO LOCAL HOUSTON MARKET.
THE TRANSFER OF THE VOLUME CAP, T-D-A-C-A IS A STATE AGENCY BUREAUCRATIC REQUIREMENT.
NOTHING FROM THE CITY IS BEING COMMITTED.
NO FUNDING FROM THE CITY IS REQUIRED.
THIS IS PURELY FOR T-D-A-C-A TO OFFER BETTER SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGES LOANS TO THE CITY'S BOUNDARIES IN ORDER FOR HHFC TO TRANSFER PERMISSION TO OF THE VOLUME CAP.
THE T-D-A-C-A REQUIRES APPROVAL FROM THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY.
THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE ALLOCATION WILL BE DEPLOYED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND NOT SPENT ELSEWHERE.
T-D-A-C-A WILL MANAGE THE ISSUANCE, THE LEGAL COMPLIANCE LENDER NETWORK AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.
THIS PROGRAM WILL CONSIST OF FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, QUALIFIED VETERANS, UH, FOR THEIR MORTGAGES DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
ALSO, CHAIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE WOULD LIKE, UH, TO HAVE RICHARD MUR MUD WITH H-H-H-H-F-C COME UP AND PRESENT, UH, LAST YEAR'S RESULTS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU, UH, MAY RECALL, AS PRESIDENT MUD APPROACHES THIS ITEM, TDCH, UH, PRESENTED BEFORE THE BODY TALKING ABOUT THE INVESTMENT, UM, AND THAT THEY WERE
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GONNA PUT UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS OF MARKETING TO PROMOTE THIS IN THE COMMUNITY.UM, AND SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LAYER THEIR FUNDS ON TOP OF OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
AND SO, PRESIDENT MUDD HAS SOME AMAZING, UH, UH, TALKING POINTS, UH, FROM THE SUCCESSES OVER A YEAR.
MADAM CHAIR, HOUSING COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE THIS BODY THIS MORNING.
AND LIKE, UH, CHAIR WOMAN THOMAS HAD MENTIONED, WE HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING NUMBERS TO SHOW YOU FOR THE SHORT TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM.
UH, THESE NUMBERS ARE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
UH, WE'VE ORIGINATED APPROXIMATELY 337 MORTGAGE LOANS EQUALING $80 MILLION OF TOTAL MORTGAGE LENDING.
THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE HAS BEEN $243,100, AND HOME BUYERS HAVE RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF $8,870 IN DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, 75% OF THOSE BORROWERS ARE AT 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING IN MY OPINION.
THESE NUMBERS TELL A VERY IMPORTANT STORY.
THIS PROGRAM HAS MADE HOME OWNERSHIP A REALITY FOR HUNDREDS OF HOUSTONIANS.
WE'RE HELPING FAMILIES PUT DOWN ROOTS, BUILD EQUITY, AND CREATE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY.
WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH T-D-H-C-A, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE BODY, UH, REVIEWING THE RESOLUTION SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE PROGRAM.
AND I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT I HAVE MR. SCOTT FLETCHER, WOULD YOU MIND RAISING YOUR HAND, SCOTT? YES.
UH, MR. FLETCHER IS WITH, UH, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF BOND AND FINANCE.
AND SO HE AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY AND THEY'VE BEEN AN EXCELLENT PARTNER.
AND SO, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST SEEKING A RESOLUTION SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORKS IN THIS PROGRAM.
NO, THANK YOU, UM, FOR JOINING US.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE, SO I'LL JUST, UM, DIRECTOR JUST MENTION THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE.
UM, AND I THINK OFTENTIMES PEOPLE BELIEVE IT'S THE CITY'S SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
AND WE SEE HOW OUR FINANCE CORPORATION IS LEVERAGED, LEVERAGING STATE FUNDS, THAT PARTNERSHIP AND BRINGING THOSE DOLLARS RIGHT BACK TO HOUSTON, HOME OWNERSHIP.
UM, THE FACT THAT YOU'VE, YOU KNOW, 337 APPLICATIONS, THAT'S A LOT, PARTICULARLY IN THIS MARKET.
AND THE FACT THAT Y'ALL ARE SUPPORTING FINANCIALLY, UM, PEOPLE HAVE, UM, HOPE THAT THEY CAN ACCESS HOME OWNERSHIP.
SO NOT ONLY ARE YOU DOING AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE REHAB PROJECTS, AND I'VE, I, I SAID, UH, WHEN WE WERE ON THE NORTH SIDE VICE CHAIR, UH, IN DISTRICT B, THAT I WANT, UH, SOME OF THAT, UH, COP TREE LOVE ON THE WEST SIDE,
UM, I WANT YOU TO REHAB SOME OF OUR MULTI-FAMILY, UH, PROJECTS.
BUT THIS, UH, SIX, UH, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAM IS ESSENTIAL.
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN, UM, YOUR AGENCY AND OUR DEPARTMENT.
UM, NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN THE QUEUE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE, OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE H HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION'S COLLABORATION.
I WANT TO PASS A THANK YOU TO MY STAFF MEMBER AND CHIEF OF STAFF, AMY, UH, CONLEY, WHO DOES A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH THEM.
I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR FOR PUTTING IN SOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS WITH TREMENDOUS EXPERTISE.
I THINK IT MAKES RICHARD SHAW A LITTLE TOUGHER, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
UM, BUT OVERALL, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO, UM, ORDINANCES THAT YOU, YOU LOOKED AT THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS, BOTH FOR HARRIS COUNTY AND FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON ARE VERY IMPORTANT, UH, IN THE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR.
THERE'LL BE LOTS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO KIND OF DAMPEN IT DOWN.
AND AGAIN, WE HOPE THAT YOUR GROUP, THE GROUPS, UM, UH, WILL REMAIN STRONG.
UH, AND 'CAUSE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT FINALLY WITH T-D-H-C-A.
THAT IS OUR STATE HOUSING LEADER.
UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM CLOSELY.
THEY'VE BEEN DURING MY TENURE, HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT PARTNERS.
WE JUST WANT THEM TO HAVE MORE MONEY AND MORE MONEY COMING TO THE URBAN AREAS.
AND SO WE HOPE THAT THAT HAPPENS DURING THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
ALSO, AGAIN, UH, THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE REALLY GOOD PARTNERS AS WE GO THROUGH OUR WORK OF JUST PUTTING MORE HOUSING INTO HOUSTON.
APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, ON THE, ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS, ARE YOU A DIRECT LENDER OR YOU WORK WITH VARIOUS BANKS, OR IS IT A COMBINATION? ARE YOU IT IT'S VARIOUS BANKS THAT HAVE PARTNERED WITH T-D-H-C-A.
YOU'RE NOT A DIRECT LENDER, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, THERE'S, I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF BANKS THAT HAVE PARTNERED WITH T-D-H-C-A, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S SOMEWHERE ALONG
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50, MAYBE 60 INSTITUTIONS.SO IT'S NOT DIRECT FUNDS FROM HOUSTON HOUSING FINANCE COURT, BUT A GROUP OF LENDERS THAT ARE IN THE T-D-H-C-A PIPELINE.
SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT, A GREAT YEAR.
YOU'VE HAD A GREAT YEAR OF YES.
UM, AND IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND TO SHARE THE ZIP CODE LOCATION, I THINK WE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, ALLOW US TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE AGENCY DOES, AND IF WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CONSTITUENTS, UM, HAVING ACCESS TO HOME OWNERSHIP IN OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY WHY THE RESOLUTION'S SO IMPORTANT.
UH, I'M GLAD THAT YOU, OH, YOU'RE PULLING OUT THE BAG.
WELL, WHILE, WHILE HE'S LOOKING UP SURE.
I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT NEXT WEEK A GROUP OF US WILL BE WITH THE, UH, STATE OF TEXAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING, AND WE'RE HOSTING IT IN HOUSTON, SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THEM HERE.
YOU WANT ME TO TALK SOME MORE? MY, YEAH.
WELL, UM, I THOUGHT FOR SURE I HAD, I WILL CERTAINLY SEND THAT INFORMATION OVER TO YOU.
AND I THINK THERE'S JUST SOMETHING FOR US TO, UH, PROMOTE AND TALK ABOUT INTELLIGENTLY THE AGENCY.
UM, UM, THE AVERAGE HOUSTONIAN IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FINANCE CORPORATION OR ITS ROLE AND INVESTMENT IN THE CITY, AND ITS KEY AND IT'S CRITICAL.
AND SO GIVE US A GOOD TALKING POINT SO WE CAN SHARE OUT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
JUST WANT TO ASK, UH, THIS IS VERY, VERY GOOD.
IT'S GREAT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT.
CAN I ASK THE QUESTION AS TO HAS THIS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S NEW OR IS IT PREVIOUSLY BEEN DONE? IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ADDITIONALLY NEW ADDED? YES.
THIS IS A NEW PRODUCT THAT WE'RE OFFERING.
I KNOW MANY, MANY MOONS AGO, HOUSTON HOUSING FINANCE, UH, CORPORATION ADMINISTERED THEIR OWN SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS, UH, VERY LABOR INTENSIVE.
AND SO I BEGAN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. SCOTT FLETCHER OF T-D-H-C-A, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
AND SO, UH, JUST BEING TOTALLY HONEST, THE PROGRAM SOUNDED SO GOOD THAT I DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM
UH, SO WE DON'T, UH, HOUSTON HOUSING FINANCE CORP, IT'S TOTALLY ADMINISTERED BY T-D-H-C-A, SO THERE'S MINIMUM THAT WE NEED TO DO OTHER THAN MARKETING AND KEEPING THE COLLABORATION GOING.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM FOR HOUSTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
WHY WE JUST ENTERED THE PROGRAM, I'M REALLY NOT SURE.
BUT I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
AND MADAM CHAIR, I'LL ASSUME YOU, I WILL SEND OVER THE ZIP CODES.
JUST ANOTHER REASON TO FOLLOW UP WITH US, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OFFICES GET THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
BUT YEAH, ANY FAQS ABOUT THE PROGRAM TO ALLOW US TO SHARE IN OUR NEWSLETTER? PLEASE SHARE ANY PUBLIC FACING INFORMATION.
THAT CONCLUDES COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS ITEM DIRECTOR.
WE'LL FIRST GO THROUGH THE FINANCE AREA.
UM, TAMIKA JONES IS NOT HERE TODAY DUE TO ILLNESS, BUT SHE'S BEING REPRESENTED BY, OH, WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE.
I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE, THANK YOU.
IF WE CAN PULL UP THE SLIDES FOR THE, FOR THE GENERATORS.
I SAID IT AND THEN I'M ABOUT NO, YOU'RE FINE.
THIS IS THE D 24 POWER GENERATION PROGRAM UPDATE.
ORION, BESIDES DOES MULTIFAMILY, HE ALSO HAS THE AREA UNDER PUBLIC FACILITIES.
UM, AND THIS OF COURSE, IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
LET'S LEAVE IT THERE WHILE I, OKAY.
SO, UM, TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, UM, MET WITH, UH, LEADERS FROM PUBLIC WORKS, UH, GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, PD, AND SPD.
THAT TEAM MET WITH 12 DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT OWNED FACILITIES, SAT DOWN WITH THEM TO DISCUSS GENERATORS, HOME SAFETY, I'M SORRY, HUMAN SAFETY PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN CONGREGATE IN THE MOST CRITICAL LOCATIONS.
AND THE TYPE OF, UH, PROPERTIES THAT CAME TO MIND WAS MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS, DISTRIBUTION SITES, SHELTER SITES, WASTEWATER SITES, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, POLICE STATIONS, FIRE, FIRE STATIONS, MOST CRITICAL SITES, NOT ALL, BUT THE MOST CRITICAL SITES.
UM, EVERY DIRECTOR SIGNED OFF ON THE
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LIST, PRIORITIZING.UM, THE MAYOR'S, THAT MAYOR'S TEAM ALSO MET WITH A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.
UH, AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THIS LIST OF SITES, REVIEWED THE LIST, AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UM, CAN FUND SOME OF THOSE GENERATORS BASED ON WHAT KENISHA SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, UH, HOUSING DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE SITES BASED ON ELIGIBILITY.
AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW ARE THE FIRST 18 SITES THAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, KNOWS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ELIGIBLE AND THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, FUNDING.
FUNDING, MEANING, UM, WE CAN PAY FOR DESIGN COSTS AND HARD COSTS, AS IN, UM, THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION THESE SITES ARE LOCATED.
SO YOU'RE SAYING FOR HOW MANY OF, OF THE 18 ARE WITHIN THE LOW TO MODERATE FOOTPRINT, OUR ORIGINAL FOOTPRINT, BASED ON THE GUIDELINES OF ALL OF THOSE? YEAH.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN FUND FOR IF IT HAS TO BE LOW TO MODERATE AREA AND RESIDENTIAL AREA.
BUT WITH THE PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE FOR THE UNIVERSAL GUIDELINES, NONE OF THIS, THIS DOESN'T QUALIFY.
THERE'LL BE MORE SITES DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE'LL BRING THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO THEN ADDRESS THOSE.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MEET ALL OF THE ONES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FIRST.
AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE'LL START LOOKING AT THE ONES THAT, THAT, THAT NEED MEET THAT URGENT NEEDS SCENARIO.
SO WHEN WE DID THE, FOR DR 24, FOR THE, MY UNDERSTANDING FOR, WE CAN'T DO CAPITAL COST, THAT'S THE WAIVER WE APPROVED, ATTACHED TO THIS.
IS THAT RIGHT? FOR THE GENERATORS CAPITAL COST? WE CAN DO, WE CAN DO THE, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, NOT CAPITAL COST MAINTENANCE.
SO WE'RE DOING THE UPFRONT DESIGN ACQUISITION, ALL OF THAT UPFRONT DESIGN, UH, EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATION.
THE MAINTENANCE COST OF MAINTAINING THE GENERATORS, THAT DOES, THAT WON'T COME UP.
THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE, I HAVE SOME COLLEAGUES HERE THAT MAY CAN SPEAK ON THAT AS WELL.
THAT, THAT MAY FALL UNDER SOME OTHER FUNDING DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, AND SO YEAH, THE CITY, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT DID THE LMI REVIEW RESIDENTIAL AREA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR THESE 18 SITES TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO THESE ARE THE FIRST 18 SITES.
UH, THE NEXT MAP SHOWS WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND CHAIR, WE CAN GET YOU A COPY OF THIS OR ANYONE WHO WANTS A COPY, WE CAN GET YOU A COPY AS WELL.
UM, AND AS THESE SITES BECOME, UH, ELIGIBLE, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING THEM TO THE, TO THE HORSESHOE AS WE, AS WE HAVE MORE ELIGIBLE SITES MOVING DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, JAMES REDINGTON HERE FROM GSD, IF THERE'S ANY, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, TIMELINES AND THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE'RE USING AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM PROCURED THROUGH SPD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CHASE, CHASE KRONER FROM, UH, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, IF THERE'S OTHER TECHNICAL SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS LIST KIND OF STARTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, I, I AM INTERESTED IN TIMELINES, SO WHENEVER IT'S APPROPRIATE TO BRING THEM UP.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD JUST BE USEFUL FOR GSD TO, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF GENERATORS FROM CAP CIPD 21, DR.
24, JUST TO HAVE A, A PULSE ON THE STATUS OF THE LOCATION MM-HMM
AND THEN WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION? I HAVE ONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER THAT WAS ON CIP OF 24.
SO, UM, I KNOW WE, WE, WE USE GENERATOR.
WE, WE DO THAT LIKE, GENERATOR.
GENERATOR AND THE FUNDING SOURCE IS DIFFERENT.
SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF GSD CAN DO THAT, AND I KNOW THEY'RE SCHEDULING MEETINGS WITH ALL OF OUR COUNCIL OFFICE, THE NEW LEADERSHIP, SO THAT, THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS, BUT I THINK IT MAY BE HEALTHY JUST TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE, UM, SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE TO CONSTITUENTS WHAT THEY CAN ANTICIPATE.
I MEAN, I WILL WANT TO JUST INTERJECT THAT, UH, IN MARCH WE RECEIVED THE, UH, GRANT AGREEMENT FROM HUD FOR THE FUNDS, UH, THIS YEAR.
AND THEN IN APRIL, WE BROUGHT THE GUIDELINES TO COUNCIL AND WAS APPROVED JUNE 17TH.
UM, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTRACTORS FOR THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN TO DATE, WE HAVE 18 SITES THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH ELIGIBILITY, UM, STAFF FROM MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE REPORT AND UPDATE.
UM, MAYOR PRO TEM HAS ANOTHER COMMITMENT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK.
UM, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THERE, THERE'S GENERATORS, UM, THAT, THAT THERE ARE TWO LOCATIONS IN DISTRICT K, UM, THAT WOULD SERVICE THE CONSTITUENTS THERE.
AND I ESPECIALLY WANNA CALL OUT AN ATTENTION
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TO, AND THANKS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF FORT BEND HOUSTON, WHICH, UM, THAT LOCATION IS THE STEM LEE BLUE RIDGE LIBRARY, UM, SITE.UM, I DO WANNA ASK NOT TO CONVOLUTE THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, BUT WOULD THIS INFORMATION ALSO BE SHARED, UM, LETTING, UH, RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THESE LOCATIONS HAVE GENERATORS ON SITE? WOULD THAT BE SHARED ON THAT SITE OR, YEAH.
LET US, LET US DISCUSS ON HOW WE, I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM HOW, WHY THAT WOULDN'T BE SHARED OR ANY REASON FOR US NOT TO, BUT WE CAN, UM, DISCUSS ON HOW WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UH, MAYBE A NOTE LIKE WHEN WE HAVE CENTERS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE OFFERING RESOURCES TO PEOPLE, MAYBE NOTE THAT THIS LOCATION HAS A GENERATOR ON SITE.
JAMES REDINGTON, MAYBE COME UP AND, UM, CHASE, YOU WANNA COME UP TOO? I'LL STEP, STEP ASIDE FOR THE THANK YOU.
THE PUBLIC FOR THE PUBLIC WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IS THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN THIS? AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THESE DISASTER FUNDS COME THROUGH.
COME THROUGH HUD AND WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH HUD FUNDING.
UH, HOWEVER, LIKE SO MUCH OF OUR WORK, IT REQUIRES DEEP, DEEP COLLABORATION WITH FOLKS AT GSD WITH FOLKS AT OEM IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
CHASE KRONER MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR COVERING AND RESILIENCE.
RED GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
OH, I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A SPECIFIC NO, THE QUESTIONS ARE CLEAR.
I THINK THE, THE, JUST THE REQUEST THAT AS THIS, UM, TAKES SHAPE JUST TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL OFFICES, AND I KNOW GSD IS ALREADY WORKING ON MEETINGS WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL OFFICES, JUST IN TERMS OF TIMELINE.
UM, SO WE CAN, UM, SHARE WITH CONSTITUENTS OF WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT BECAUSE WE FUND GENERATORS THROUGH VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES, CIP, DR FUNDS, UM, GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WAS IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL TO JUST GIVE US A, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT GENERATORS.
WE'RE SPENDING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON GENERATORS.
THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE WE'RE BUYING GENERATORS, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN A GOOD EXPLANATION OF HOW KIND OF LONG IT TAKES TO GET A GENERATOR INTO A FACILITY.
SO IF YOU COULD KIND OF WALK US THROUGH WHAT THAT PROCESS IS.
AND I KNOW EVERY SITUATION'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT KIND OF A GENERAL, ON AVERAGE, WHAT IT TAKES TO GET, UM, A, A GENERATOR INTO WHAT? INTO A FACILITY.
IF IT'S RED, IT'S ON, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, IT'S OFF.
SO YEAH, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH.
UM, YEAH, THE GENERAL THANK YOU FOR TEEING THAT UP FOR ME.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A DESIGN PROCESS, SPECIFY THE GENERATOR, AND THEN, UH, ORDER THE EQUIPMENT TO DO CONCURRENT ACTIVITY.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT DURING DESIGN.
LEAD TIME IS SOMEWHERE AROUND, UH, SIX MONTHS TO GET A GENERATOR.
AND SO TO ABSORB THAT TIME, WE'RE SPECIFYING THE EQUIPMENT EARLY IN DESIGN, ORDERING THE EQUIPMENT WHILE WE FINISH THE DESIGN, AND THEN GO TO PERMIT.
ALL OF THESE HAVE TO BE PERMITTED.
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH CENTER POINT GAS.
ALL OF THESE WILL BE NATURAL GAS GENERATORS, UH, WHICH ARE MORE RESILIENT.
SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH CENTERPOINT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE GAS LINES IN AHEAD OF THE EQUIPMENT ARRIVING, UH, GO THROUGH PERMITTING.
UH, WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM EARLY TO SPEED UP THAT PROCESS.
SO DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY OF FIRE STATION, MAYBE EIGHT MONTHS, UH, FROM THE TIME WE KICK OFF A SITE VISIT, UH, AND HAVE A WORK ORDER IN PLACE.
UH, SO IT'LL VARY AS YOU MENTIONED, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE GENERATOR, UM, GOING FORWARD.
SO, SO A FIRE STATION ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS FROM LIKE, FROM WHEN, FROM WHEN DESIGN STARTS? YES.
AND THEN FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT SIZES, BUT WE'RE SAYING 10 MONTHS.
AND SOME CHANGE AND SOME NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
WE'RE GOING ON YEARS AND SOME CHANGE, AND I THINK WE HAVE TO GIVE SOME COURTESY TO, UM, UM, SUPPLY CHAIN.
SO, UH, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RECEIVE A DONATION YEAH.
FOR FOND REC CENTER, WHICH IS A HIGHLY USED DISTRIBUTION CENTER, A WARMING CENTER AND COOLING CENTER.
AND WE KICKED THAT OFF IN JUNE.
AND SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND EARLY.
IT, IT TAKES SOME WHILE WE ARE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER APRIL OF 27.
AND WHICH WAS A FISCAL, UH, A 24 CIP REQUEST.
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I THINK THAT WE JUST HAVE TO BE MEASURED IN.I'VE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THAT GENERATOR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO I, I THINK IF ALL THINGS ARE WORKING, PERMITTING, ORDERING SUPPLY CHAIN YES.
IF THE BUILDING'S NOT INCREDIBLY OLD AND RIGHT.
WHAT MAY COME UP FROM THAT, I, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.
GSD CAN JUST KEEP THAT TIMELINE IN FRONT OF US.
SO ARE THE 18 THAT WE SAW, THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE ALL IN PROCESS IN DESIGN AND ALL THAT.
OR THEY'RE JUST STILL IN ELIGIBILITY? WELL, WE ACTUALLY STARTED PERFORMING THE SITE VISITS WITH THE VENDORS LAST WEEK.
AND, AND HOW IS HOUSING MONEY GOING TO ANY OF THE LIFT STATIONS AND WATER WASTEWATER FACILITIES? YES.
THOSE ARE ON THE LIST AS WELL.
THE OH, OH, THOSE WERE ON THERE TOO.
SO DRINKING WATER PUMP STATIONS AND WASTEWATER LIFT STATIONS.
AND, AND ARE THOSE LONGER TIME PERIODS? YES.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE DID START WORKING THROUGH A HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT FUNDING, UH, WITH DAVID WARDLOW GROUP AT PUBLIC WORKS, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
THAT ONE IS NEARBY YOU, IT, IT REQUIRES A, A STRUCTURAL, UM, A STRUCTURED, UM, ELEVATED ABOVE THE DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION.
THINGS LIKE THAT MAY INCREASE.
SO CASH MIRROR MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
WE, WE COMPLETED THAT LAST YEAR.
BUT IT TOOK A YEAR TO YOUR POINT? YES.
UH, SO BECAUSE THAT, THAT HAD A, A FLOOD AREA AND THEN WE HAD TO, UM, ELEVATE IT ON A, ON A STRUCTURE.
UH, QUESTION OF THESE 18 LOCATIONS, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE HAS TO BE GAS LINES AS YOU INDICATED, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
SO HOW MANY OF THOSE THAT AT THE PRESENT HAVE NO GAS LINES? UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT LOOKING AT THE LIST, I BELIEVE ALL OF THEM DO HAVE GAS LINES.
THEY MAY NEED TO BE UPSIZED OR THE REGULATORS NEED TO BE UPSIZED DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS.
SO THE TIMELINE PROJECTED IS WHAT, FROM BETWEEN NOW AND BEFORE WINTER OF NEXT SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR, OR? WELL, WE'RE RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF THAT.
SOME OF THE TIMELINES ARE SHOWING AUGUST OF, OF 27 27.
IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO GET AHEAD OF THE HURRICANE SEASON, WE'RE PUSHING ON THOSE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE, UM, THE AREAS THAT SERVE THE COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY FOR, UH, WOR UH, COOLING CENTERS AND DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.
YES, BECAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE QUESTION THAT WE'LL GET OFTEN CALLS FROM COMMUNITY PEOPLE.
WHEN IS THE TIMELINE WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE IN, BECAUSE WE KNOW, WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT GENERATORS.
SOME COMMUNITIES SAY WE DON'T HAVE A GENERATOR.
SO I, I THINK THAT MOST OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SURE WILL GET CALLS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IS HOURS GONNA BE IN.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE TIMELINE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GONNA BE A HOLD UP WITH GAS LINES OR THE FACILITY IS NOT HAVING WHAT THEY NEED.
AS LONG AS WE, I THINK, HAVE INFORMATION ON IT, MADAM CHAIR AND KEEP UP WITH IT.
'CAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THAT.
AND EVEN IF IT'S JUST TO TELL 'EM LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE APP APPRO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHECKLIST OF 18 THAT'S IN THE PROCESS.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT AND GSD AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF JUST PRESENTING THE FIRST ROUND OF 18 SITES.
SO NOW PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA OF KIND OF WHERE THEY'RE COMING.
I SEE TWO IN THE DISTRICT, UH, ROBINSON WEST CHASE, LIBRARY AND FIRE STATION NUMBER 83.
SO I THINK THIS IS JUST GOOD INFORMATION TO HAVE SO PEOPLE CAN START SAYING, ANTICIPATE, GET READY FOR, THIS IS GONNA BE A PUBLIC SITE THAT IN A CASE OF A DISASTER, YOU CAN GO THERE.
AS, AS WE THINK THROUGH OUR DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU TWO GENTLEMEN, BUT OTHERWISE THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD? I DON'T.
LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME.
UH, SO AS USUAL, WE'RE BRINGING FORTH JUST THE LATEST UPDATE ON OUR DR 17 PROGRAMS. AS TJ HAS DISCUSSED IN THESE MEETINGS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, NEARLY
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ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE CLOSED OUT OR IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE CLOSEOUT PROCESS, WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE GLO, WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE ACTIVELY STILL SPENDING, UH, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS HBA 2.0, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER.UM, AND SO WE HAVE CLOSED 194 HOMES UNDER THAT PROGRAM.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL SPEAKING WITH THE GLO, UH, AS WE HAVE MOVED ADDITIONAL FUNDS LEFT OVER IN OTHER PROGRAMS INTO THIS ONE TO HELP US SERVE MORE PEOPLE.
UM, AND AS OPPORTUNITIES COME UP, WE WILL CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE GLO TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME EXTRA DOLLARS FOR HOME BUYERS HERE IN HOUSTON.
FOR THE BUYOUT PROGRAM, YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING COMING UP LIKELY ON THE NOVEMBER 4TH AGENDA, THE REMAINING COUNCIL ACTIONS WE NEED FOR AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING CONTRACTS TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THOSE OUT.
THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE RELATED TO CHANGE ORDERS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED ON ALL THE SITES THAT WE DEMOED UNDER THIS PROGRAM, BUT THESE ARE THE LAST ACTIONS WE NEED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE INTO CLOSEOUT FOR THAT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE, AS I SAID, IS EITHER CLOSED OUT OR MOVING FORWARD IN THE CLOSEOUT PRO UH, PROCESS.
WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, DEREK, DON'T WE, WHAT, WHAT CLOSES OUT IN 27? THIS IS THE PRO THE, THE GRANT ITSELF CLOSES FEBRUARY, 2020 SEVENTH.
SO THAT'S THE DATE WE WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS.
AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE CHAMPAGNE IN THE HORSESHOE AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR, UH, 2021 DR.
21, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR, UH, AND REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, WE'VE RECEIVED 125 HOMEOWNERS THAT WE HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND THEY'RE MOVING, THEY'RE SOMEWHERE IN THE PROCESS MOVING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION.
WE BELIEVE THIS WILL COMPLETELY ALLOCATE ALL THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE UNDER THIS GRANT.
UM, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF, ABOUT TWO DOZEN, SO FILES THAT ALSO APPLY THAT WE FOUND ELIGIBLE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE IN OUR OTHER PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN STILL SERVE THEM.
SO WE HAVE THIS 125 THAT ARE SITTING HERE UNDER, UH, THE RE EITHER REHAB OR RECONSTRUCTION SIDE.
WE DID HAVE SOME HOMEOWNERS THAT QUALIFIED FOR OUR REIMBURSEMENT, HOWEVER, IT WAS ONLY ABOUT NINE.
AND SO YOU'LL BE SEEING AN ACTION COMING FORTH PRETTY SOON.
THAT'S GOING TO LIKELY, OR WE MAY NOT, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE ON THE ACTION PLAN TO MOVE THE MONEY THAT WE SET ASIDE FOR REIMBURSEMENT INTO THE REHAB RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
UM, SO IF THAT NEEDS TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT MOVE, WE'LL BE MOVING THAT FORWARD.
IF NOT, IT'LL BE AN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFER THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HANDLE.
SO NOT TO HAVE THAT MANY APPLICATIONS ON REIMBURSEMENT, BECAUSE I THINK ORIGINALLY IT WAS LIKE 6,000, THEN WE MOVED TO 10,000.
AND MY, MY RECOLLECTION WAS THAT WE, IT INCLUDED THE REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
YOU KNOW, DIRECT ASSISTANCE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, INITIATED THEIR OWN REPAIRS AND THEY WANT IT TO BE REIMBURSED.
AND YOU THINK THROUGH THE IMPLICATIONS OF A WINTER FREEZE, YOU'RE THINKING BUS PIPES, SHEET ROCK, THINGS LIKE THAT.
MAYBE YOU CAN GET THAT OUT THE DOOR ON YOUR OWN DIME LOOKING FOR SOME MONEY TO GET REPAID.
AND WE JUST DIDN'T SEE IT COME FORWARD AS, BUT I DO WANNA KNOW.
IT WAS A LONG TIME BETWEEN HUD IT WAS ISSUING THIS FUNDING AND US HAVING ACCESS TO THIS MONEY.
IT WAS, AND THAT PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
'CAUSE YOU HAD TO HAVE RECEIPTS TO SUPPORT THAT REIMBURSEMENT.
AND HUD TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET US THOSE DOLLARS.
THAT LIKELY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, MY FATHER ATTEMPTED TO, OR RATHER I BULLIED HIM TO APPLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, IT WAS SO DIFFICULT 'CAUSE HE, THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR HIM FELT VERY INTRUSIVE.
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHY HE NEEDED TO SHARE BANK STATEMENTS.
AND HE, YOU KNOW, THE DEED TO HIS HOME, HE FELT THAT IT WAS VERY, AND I'M LIKE, WELL DADDY, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY WANNA VERIFY IT'S YOU BECAUSE THERE'S DEED THEFT AND YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE GOING BACK AND YOU SPENT THE MONEY.
BUT HE WAS WILLING NOT, HE SUBSEQUENTLY SAID, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GIVE MY THAT INFORMATION AND SAID NO.
SO HE, I I, I KNOW PERSONALLY, HE'S ONE OF SO MANY THAT HAVE SAID, I'M NOT GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOSING OUT ON THE PUBLIC DOLLAR THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN UP TO $10,000.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT IS A FUD RULE.
AND IT'S NOT OUR RULE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF OUR EDUCATION TO COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THIS PROCESS MEANS.
'CAUSE WE'RE LITERALLY LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE FOR HOUSTONIANS.
AND SO IT DOESN'T TOO MUCH SHOCK ME THAT IT'S ONLY NINE 'CAUSE IT IS VERY INTRUSIVE TO, TO A CERTAIN POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIC.
UM, UM, BUT YES, I, THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BE NOODLING ON.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
OH, WELL, UM, I, AGAIN, I I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT WHEN I LOOK AT IT, IT'S
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THE SAME THING.I JUST, VERY FRUSTRATING TO ME.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND, AND TO AN OLD, TO AN OLDER INDIVIDUAL, THE AMOUNT OF RISK, I MEAN, WE'RE ALL WORRIED ABOUT, ABOUT IDENTIFICATION, THEFT, AND SO THERE'S AN AMOUNT OF RISK, UM, AND NOT REAL RISK, BUT IT'S, BUT AT LEAST PERCEPTION.
SO WE NEED TO WORK WITH HUD ON THAT.
WE'VE TALKED TO HUD HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD, AND MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY'VE, THEY MAY HAVE DONE SOME WORK ON IT WHERE IT WOULDN'T BE THIS LONG AFTER THE NEXT DISASTER.
SO, UM, YEAH, BUT YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXACTLY CORRECT.
AND, AND, AND MY DADDY WOULDN'T EVEN BELIEVE ME AND HIS DAUGHTER'S ON CITY COUNCIL.
I WAS LIKE, DADDY, TRUST ME, IT'S OKAY.
AND HE'S LIKE, NO, I'M NOT DOING IT.
SO JUST IMAGINE SOMEONE WHO THAT MAY NOT HAVE, UM, UM, A, A CARETAKER OR A CHILD TO WALK THEM THROUGH MM-HMM
OR A CASE MANAGER SO THEY CAN GET THE MONEY.
UM, AND I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AN EXTENSIVE JOB OF OUTREACH WITH CHURCHES AND CIVIC CLUBS AND I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, THEY'RE THERE, BUT IT'S STILL A BARRIER.
WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH VICE CHAIR.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE, UM, MY AUNT AND UNCLE THAT LIVES IN SOUTHEAST CITY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.
THEY APPLIED, BUT THE INFORMATION THAT WAS ASKED, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT.
AND, AND WE KNOW MANY OF OUR SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY, THEY'RE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT PUTTING OUT THAT INFORMATION.
SO I EXPERIENCED IT AS WELL AS WITH A FAMILY MEMBER.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE JUST REFUSED IT, NEEDED IT, BUT REFUSED IT.
SO YOU SAY YOU WAS GOING TO WORK WITH HUD ON THAT? I'M, YEAH, I, AT THE PART FIVE REQUIREMENTS, THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT.
A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT IT, TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ELIGIBLE, THAT YOU'RE 80% AND A A MI ARE BELOW FOR THESE PROGRAMS. THAT'S WHAT HUD IS TRYING TO GET TO ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE HOMEOWNER SIDE.
WE KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND THOSE DOCUMENTS AREN'T READILY AVAILABLE FOR MANY.
UH, WE DO, UH, HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE AT OUR OFFICES AND WE'LL ALSO GO OUT TO THEIR HOMES TO ASSIST IN THIS EFFORT, UM, IN COMPLETING THE APPLICATION, TALKING THROUGH WHAT THE DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE.
BUT IT'S STILL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF WORK TO GET THAT TOGETHER.
AND TO HAVE IT PACKAGED IN A WAY TO GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THAT'S, AND I WI I WISH IT WASN'T TRUE, BUT HUD WILL STING EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OR THE INDIVIDUAL IF THERE'S A MISTAKE.
UM, AND, AND, UM, THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING FOR FRAUD IN THE WRONG PLACES,
AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, THE EFFORT THAT'S BEEN DEPLOYED ON APPLICATION AND GET, GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT, BUT TO ONLY STILL SEE, YOU KNOW, NINE APPLICATIONS AND YOU'RE TALKING 10 THOU UP TO $10,000 REIMBURSEMENT WHEN WE WENT FROM A 6,000 TO A 10 TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE SPACE.
I DO THINK THE TIME HAS PAID, PAID PLAYED UP A HUGE ROLE.
WE WERE ALREADY IN BARREL ALMOST, BUT BY THE TIME WE RECEIVED OUR MONEY, WE WERE IN BARREL YEAH.
BUT I STILL THINK THE, UM, NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE HOME REPAIR AND REHAB JUST SPEAKS TO THE NEED AND, UM, HOW, HOW AGGRESSIVE THAT PROGRAM IS AND HOW WE FULLY SUBSCRIBE.
SO, I MEAN, KUDOS ALL THE AROUND, BUT I, I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD JUST ALL THINK ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE TO TRUST THIS PROCESS.
UH, SO UP NEXT, JUST AS A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR DISASTER RECOVERY 2024 SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
AS A REMINDER, WE KICKED THIS OFF AUGUST THE 24TH.
TO DATE, WE'VE ISSUED 754 APPLICATIONS.
WE HAVE 109 THAT APPEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE.
THERE'S A TWO STAGE PROCESS, IT'S THE HOME OWNER BEING ELIGIBLE, AND THEN THE HOME ALSO SHOWING THAT IT HAD DAMAGE FROM THE STORM.
AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR MANY OF THESE HOMES AS WELL RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 109 THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE MOVING FORWARDS.
THAT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 27.8 TO $28 MILLION.
UH, CEDRIC HAS MENTIONED TO US IN MEETINGS THAT WE ARE SEEING MORE REHABS IN THIS.
SO THAT HAS IMPLICATIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY COULD BE COMMITTED HERE, BUT WE'RE THINKING RIGHT AROUND 65% OF THE MONEY MAY BE COMMITTED HERE IN THE NEAR TERM.
UM, THIS, THIS, UH, PROGRAM PROBABLY WILL BE FULLY SUBSCRIBED VERY, VERY SOON.
I JUST WANNA NOTE THIS, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISASTER RECOVERY IN 2024, WE DID ISSUE OUR MULTI-FAMILY NOFA OVER THE SUMMER.
WE'VE SELECTED NINE DEALS TO MOVE FORWARD, SUBSCRIBING $48.6 MILLION.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE FIRST OF THOSE TWO DEALS COMING TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE REHABS ACQUISITION REHABS, BUT YOU'RE GONNA BE SEEING THOSE MOVING FORWARD IN THE VERY NEAR TERM TOO.
THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ONES ARE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, SO IT MAY BE MORE THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND COMMITTING ON THIS FUNDING NEXT MONTH.
EXCITING, UM, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ.
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JUST QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTION.THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE MAX TO 300 FOR, RIGHT? THIS WAS ALREADY BUILT IN, THIS RIGHT HERE WAS ALREADY BUILT INTO THE GUIDELINES TO ALLOW FOR THE 300.
THE ONE THAT CEDRIC MENTIONED EARLIER IS OUR ENTITLEMENT FUNDED SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
AND SO NOW WE'RE GONNA BE IN ALIGNMENT ACROSS ALL OF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS ABOUT HOW THIS IS TREATED.
SO THAT ONE'S NOT USING DR 24 MONEY.
THE, THE FUNDING MENTIONED EARLIER IS OUR ANNUAL ENTITLEMENT DO ENTITLEMENT DOLLARS THAT ARE USED FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND WHY IS THERE DATA, LIKE WHY ARE WE INCREASING IT TO 300 IF THE AVERAGE HERE OR THE ESTIMATED FUNDS IS? BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE, AS CEDRIC MENTIONED, YOU HAVE HISTORICAL REQUIREMENTS THAT COME IN.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE HOA INFORMATION THAT COMES IN AS WE LOOK AT THE, AT THE COST POINT HERE AT 2 55, THAT'S A STANDARD HOME THAT DOESN'T NEED ELEVATION.
UM, THAT WOULD BE ON SAY IN A 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN OR OUT OF A FLOOD PLAIN ALTOGETHER.
UH, THE COMPOSITE PRICING, WE ARE WORKING WITH A HOME BUYER OR HOMEOWNER TO PICK THE, THE, THE PLANS.
HOWEVER, WE'RE TELLING THEM WHAT THE COST WILL BE AND ALL THE, ALL OF THE BUILDERS HAVE AGREED TO THAT COST.
SO THIS IS OUR AVERAGE COST FOR THAT.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY INCREASE THAT COST BASED ON HOA REQUIREMENTS OR NEEDED HIGHER ELEVATION.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE? THANK YOU.
UM, JUST BEFORE YOU GO, WE WILL, WE HAVE 9%, UM, PREVIEW NOVEMBER.
WE'LL BE DOING A PRESENTATION NEXT MONTH ON OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 9% ROUND.
SO THAT'LL BE HEATING UP AS WE MOVE TOWARDS JANUARY.
AND THAT REALLY KICKS OFF IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.
THANK YOU AGAIN, THE CITY IS VERY LUCKY TO HAVE DEREK SELLERS WITH THIS KIND OF EXPERIENCE OVERSEEING MULTIFAMILY SINGLE FAMILY, PUBLIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES.
SO HE, HE'S THE GUY WHO REALLY IS DRIVING THE PROGRAM PART OF OUR BUSINESS AND HAS A GREAT MIND ABOUT TRYING TO MOVE MONEY FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND TO HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT AS POSSIBLE.
UH, NEXT WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS OUR PUBLIC SERVICES AND I DON'T KNOW IF JARED OR ALFONSO, BOTH OF YOU OR ONE OF YOU ARE COMING UP.
JARED'S GONNA KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE ITEMS? LIKE BRIEFLY COVER THEM OR? OKAY.
SO PUBLIC SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING AS YOU BEFORE YOU, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE BACKUP.
UM, AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS WAS, UM, THESE ITEMS WERE PRESENTED AT QUALITY OF LIFE.
SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THIS, UH, JUST FOR DUE DILIGENCE, THEY'RE GONNA JUST GO OVER, UH, THE ITEMS AT HOUSING, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS ATTACHED TO 'EM.
BUT Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE THE BACKUP.
SO THE DEPARTMENT IS, UH, PRESENTING A SERIES OF RECOMMENDED FIRST AMENDMENTS, UH, FOR SIX EXISTING SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENTS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE HOPPO PROGRAM.
THAT'S HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS.
THESE AMENDMENTS WILL STRENGTHEN HOUSING STABILITY, ACCESS TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND LONG-TERM SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR HOUSTON RESIDENTS LIVING WITH HIV OR AIDS.
UH, THE PROPOSED COLLECTIVE UH, ACTIONS REPRESENT $4,056,472 IN ADDITIONAL HOPWA INVESTMENTS, AND IT'LL EXTEND THE AGREEMENTS INTO LATE 2027.
ENSURING, UH, CONTINUITY OF CRITICAL SERVICES ACROSS OUR, UH, TRUSTED, LONGSTANDING PARTNERS.
SO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS ARE, UH, ITEM A IS AN AMENDMENT WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON, AND THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL, UH, APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION AND WOULD SERVE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, 108 HOUSEHOLDS.
SO THAT WOULD PROVIDE TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR 58 HOUSEHOLDS.
SHORT TERM RENT, MORTGAGE, OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO 40 HOUSEHOLDS.
PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT, UH, ASSISTANCE FOR 10 HOUSEHOLDS AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDE INDIVIDUALIZED CASE MANAGEMENT, PROMOTING HOUSING STABILITY, AND CONTINUED ACCESS TO CARE.
UH, AS OF JULY, 2026, CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAS MET 93% OF THEIR CLIENT GOAL AND EXPENDED 67% OF THEIR FUNDING TO DATE AND HAD NO FINDINGS IN THEIR LATEST MONITORING REVIEW.
ITEM B, SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES IS AN ADDITIONAL $143,000.
UH, THIS WOULD SERVE 10, UH, HOPWA ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS, INCLUDING AT LEAST 16 CHILDREN, AND THE FUNDING SUPPORTS THE EARLY, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AT THE FOCI FAMILY HOUSE OF TINY TREASURES, SERVING CHILDREN AGE TWO TO FIVE, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR EXITING HOMELESSNESS, AND THAT ALSO MEET, UH, HOPWA ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THEIR FAMILY.
UH, THE SERVICES INCLUDE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, MEALS, THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION, INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLANS, TRANSPORTATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR PARENTS TO IMPROVE FINANCIAL STABILITY AND HOUSING RESILIENCE.
ITEM C UH, THIS IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR HOUSTON HELP, UH, APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER $400,000, $413,091.
AND THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES, UH, SERVICE TO A MINIMUM OF 50 HOPWA ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS, AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO FUND THE OPERATION
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OF A PERMANENT HOUSING COMMUNITY RESIDENCE WITH COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING, COUNSELING, JOB TRAINING, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING, AND SUPPORTS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.UH, THE FUNDS WILL ALSO COVER ESSENTIAL OPERATING COSTS SUCH AS UTILITIES, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIRS OF THE BUILDING.
UH, THROUGH AUGUST, 2026, HOUSTON HELP HAD EXPENDED APPROXIMATELY 70% OF ITS ALLOCATED FUNDING AND SERVED APPROXIMATELY 90% OF ITS CLIENT GOAL AND HAD NO FINDINGS IN THE LAST MONITORING REVIEW.
UH, ITEM D, THIS IS HOUSTON, SRO HOUSING CORPORATION.
UH, SRO STANDS FOR SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY, IF ANYONE IS NOT FAMILIAR, AND THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL $307,977.
UH, THE AMENDMENT WOULD SERVICE, UH, A MINIMUM OF 33 HOPA ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS, AND THE FUNDING SUPPORTS ONGOING OPERATIONS AT A PERMANENT HOUSING COMMUNITY, RESIDENTS AND A RANGE OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT, REFERRALS FOR HEALTH SERVICES, JOB TRAINING, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, AND SUBSTANCE USE COUNSELING.
HOUSTON, SRO, UH, EXCEEDED THEIR GOAL BY 30%, UH, IN THE PREVIOUS TERM AND HAS UTILIZED APPROXIMATELY 70% OF ITS CURRENT FUNDING ALLOCATION.
ITEM E IS BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AND THIS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $875,000.
UH, THE AMENDMENT WILL SERVE A MINIMUM OF 145 UNDUPLICATED HOUSEHOLDS.
UH, FUNDING WILL SUPPORT A TRA TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR UP TO 18, UH, MEN LIVING WITH H AIDS IN, UH, IN THEIR FACILITY THAT THEY HAVE.
UH, IT'S CALLED, UH, THE COTTAGES.
UH, IT WILL ALSO SUPPORT, UH, SHORT TERM, UH, RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY SUBSIDIES FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 HOUSEHOLDS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR 27 HOUSEHOLDS AND PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR SIX HOUSEHOLDS.
THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, HEALTH EDUCATION, AND NUTRITIONAL, UH, WELLNESS PROGRAMMING.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE HERE ON THE LIST, ITEM FA CARING SAFE PLACE.
THIS IS, UH, THIS FIRST AMENDMENT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 780,000.
THE AGREEMENT WILL SERVE A MINIMUM OF 35 HOPWA ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS, AND THE AMENDMENT, UH, SUPPORTS OPERATIONS OF A 14 UNIT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY FOR MEN, UH, WHO HAVE HIV AIDS AND ARE OVERCOMING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND A SEPARATE 14 UNIT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SITE.
BOTH FACILITIES OFFER CASE MANAGEMENT HEALTH AND NUTRITION SERVICES AND GROUP SUPPORTS AIMED AT STRENGTHENING LONG-TERM HOUSING STABILITY AND CLIENT WELLBEING.
UM, ALL OF THESE SUBRECIPIENTS, UH, HAVE PROVIDED CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE AND RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF THE FUNDS AND, UH, HAVE STRONG COMPLIANCE HISTORIES.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THEM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
AND, AND AGAIN, ALTHOUGH THESE ARE FOCUSED ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING WITH HIV AIDS, UM, IT HAS A CLEAR IMPACT ON OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OF THE OVERLAP OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND I'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.
WE TALKED ABOUT FINANCE, DISASTER RECOVERY GENERATORS.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT A NEW APPLICATION STATUS DASHBOARD, UH, FOR OUR SINGLE FAMILY PROGRAMS. UH, STARTING WITH THE D 24 SINGLE FAMILY REPAIR PROGRAM.
THIS IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WHERE APPLICANTS CAN GO ONLINE AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS.
UH, WHEN I GO INTO THE COMMUNITY, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE BIGGEST FRUSTRATION IS WHERE'S MY APPLICATION? WHERE IS IT IN THE PROCESS? SO THIS IS STEP ONE.
AGAIN, THIS IS A GREAT START FOR US.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
IN THE DR 24 HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, THERE ARE 600 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, 125 IN PROCESS.
UH, WE'VE HAD SEVEN COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MORE THAN 1200 RESIDENTS, UH, HAVE COME TO THESE EVENTS.
SO AGAIN, DOING OUR JOB TO GET THE WORD OUT NEXT.
UM, I LOVED OUR FALL COMMUNITY, UH, MEETING.
UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN DAVIS FOR HELPING LEAD THAT FALL COMMUNITY MEETING ALONG WITH THE, UM, UH, VICE MAYOR, UM, MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEOPLE THERE.
HAD A LOT OF RESOURCE PARTNERS, LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
INVITE EVERYBODY TOMORROW AT THREE O'CLOCK FOR OUR VIRTUAL MEETING.
WE'LL SEND SOMETHING OUT AGAIN AND IF ANY COUNCIL, PEOPLE OR STAFF ARE ON, WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU'RE INTRODUCED AND THANK FOR ATTENDING.
NEXT, UM, WE HAVE TWO, UH, UH, RIBBON CUTTINGS.
ONE AT THE, IS THE BOULEVARD 61 AT RICHMOND AVENUE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UH, THIS IS A, A REALLY, UH, GREAT PROGRAM.
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ARE RESTRICTED, UH, TO, FOR LOW INCOME.AND, UM, THIS IS GONNA, IT IS A GOOD LOOKING PROJECT AND SOMETHING WE'RE ALL GONNA BE PROUD OF IN DISTRICT J.
AND THEN NEXT IS THE, DO Y'ALL REMEMBER THE RUSHMORE? YEAH.
UM, AGAIN, 101 UNITS, 85 AT 30% TO 60.
AND THE HOUSING CRUSH GROUP IS A GOOD GROUP AND THEY'LL KEEP THIS FACILITY BEAUTIFUL IN DISTRICT G.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO DIRECTOR, NO QUESTIONS.
JUST THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE, UH, HOUSING SUMMIT.
THE FIRESIDE CHATS WERE EXCEPTIONAL, SO THANK YOU FOR LENDING YOUR TEAM, UM, TO BE THERE.
AND IF SINGLE FAMILY CAN FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ'S OFFICE FOR THEIR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, THAT'LL BE HELPFUL.
WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS SCHEDULED.
DOMINIC MAZA, I DON'T SEE HIM.
WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE NEXT RIDE.
KIMBERLY LANIER, GOOD MORNING.
UH, CHAIRWOMAN, VICE CHAIR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
I AM COMING FOR CLARITY, AND THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT MEETING.
SO, A, IT IS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I HAVE TWO FOURPLEXES THAT ARE FULL SIZE ONE BEDROOMS, AND THE GOAL IS TO PUT THEM ON, UH, UM, THE REENTRY PROGRAM, HOUSING YOUNG MEN 32 AND UNDER.
MY CHALLENGE IS IN THE NEW ORDINANCE, THE HOUSING, UH, UM, ORDINANCE, UM, IN SECTION TEN ONE SEVENTY ONE, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT IN EXCEPTIONS, UH, IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, ROOM RENT, UH, UM, FACILITIES THAT RENT ROOMS FOR, UM, STATE OR FEDERAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS REENTRY BECAUSE THESE ARE YOUNG MEN, 32 AND UNDER COMING HOME FROM PRISON.
MY CHALLENGE IS IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT, THAT, THAT MY TYPE OF FACILITY IS AN EXCEPT.
I WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD MAKE AN, EXCEPT TO THAT RULE, BECAUSE HERE'S WHAT I'M FINDING.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS SPACE A LONG TIME.
I'M JUST NOW GETTING THE HOUSING SPACE THAT I HAVE MYSELF.
AND IN MEETING WITH OTHER REALTORS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR MY PROGRAMS TO BE OPERATED IN THEIR FACILITIES, UM, THE CHALLENGE IS THEIR FACILITIES ARE SOMEWHERE THAT I WOULD NOT PLACE ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY SOMEBODY THAT, THAT IS A PART OF MY PASSION PROGRAM.
UM, WHAT I'M FINDING IS, UM, ALTHOUGH I'M SUCCESSFUL AT PLACING THESE YOUNG MEN ON TRADE JOBS, I'M A SUCCESSFUL AT GETTING THEM MENTAL HEALTH.
SOME OF THEM END BACK, END UP BACK IN A, A SPACE WHERE THEY'RE UNDER, I CALL IT HOUSE RE ARREST, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO BACKWARDS BECAUSE, UM, LIVING IN SUCH CONDITIONS, MESS WITH THEIR MENTAL, IT MESSES WITH THEIR, UH, DRIVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
IT MAKES THEM FEEL UNSEEN AND UNHEARD.
AND IF THEY COMPLAIN, THEY GET A STRIKE AGAINST THEM.
IF I COMPLAIN, NOTHING, NEVER REALLY MOVES FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MAKING MONEY.
THEY'RE FULFILLING A NEED BECAUSE THESE YOUNG MEN ARE CHALLENGED WITH GETTING HOUSING IN AND OF THEMSELVES.
BUT SURE, NO, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
I'M GONNA DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN.
SHE, UH, CHAIRED, UM, OUR REG NEIGHBORHOOD REGULATORY AND AFFAIRS AND, UH, THIS SOUNDS LIKE PERMIT, UM, A RA YEAH, THIS, YEAH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW FROM THE ORDINANCE, DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING FACILITIES, GROUP HOMES AND, AND THE HOMES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO HELP GUIDE YOU.
IT'S OUR ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT THAT HANDLES THAT.
HAPPY TO PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE THERE TO HELP.
UM, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY BEFORE WE ADJOURN THAT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT NEXT HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE HELD OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, I'M SORRY, NOVEMBER 17TH, UH, AT 10:00 AM UH, HERE IN THE CHAMBER DISTRICT F OFFICE.
WE'LL BE SENDING OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UH, AND SO OTHER THAN THAT, THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, IF THERE'S NO OTHER MADAM CHAIR, THIS MEETING IS ADJOIN.