Housing and Community Development Planning and Urban Development
Housing and Community Development Planning and Urban Development Department City of Portland Maine Jeff Levine, Director Planning and Urban Development Mary Davis, Director Housing & Community Development Kristin Styles, HCD Program Manager
COMMUNITY MEETING 6: 00 pm Tuesday October 18, 2016 Merrill Rehearsal Hall • Introductions • Focus for this evening • Slide show describing our Needs, Goals and Priorities for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, HOME program, and ESG program • Overview of projects funded • Your thoughts, ideas, feedback • Questions?
City of Portland Housing and Community Development CDBG – HOME – ESG
HUD U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development CDBG Community Development Block Grant $1, 791, 448 Administered by the Housing and Community Development Division HOME ESG Investment Partnership Program Emergency Solutions Grant $832, 642 Administered by the Housing and Community Development Division $161, 232 Administered by the Social Services Division
City of Portland Housing and Community Development Needs – Goals – Priorities
Housing and Community Development Needs – Goals - Priorities • NEED: Neighborhood Investment and Infrastructure • GOAL: Create strong, safe, accessible and vibrant neighborhoods • NEED: Housing Availability • GOAL: Increase housing availability & affordability • NEED: Economic Opportunity • GOAL: Create economic opportunities to transition people out of poverty • NEED: Address the Needs for Growing Homeless Population • GOAL: Prevent and reduce homelessness.
Neighborhood Investment and Infrastructure
Housing Availability
Economic Opportunity
Address the Needs of the Growing Homeless Population
Community Development Block Grant
CDBG: PURPOSE The CDBG program works to ensure decent affordable housing, to provide services to the most vulnerable in our communities, and to create jobs through the expansion and retention of businesses. CDBG is an important tool for helping local governments tackle serious challenges facing their communities. The CDBG program has made a difference in the lives of millions of people and their communities across the Nation. http: //www. hud. gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
Community Development Block Grant • HUD provides grants on a formula basis to over 1180 cities and counties throughout the country. • Grantees carry out a wide range of community development activities directed toward revitalizing neighborhoods, economic development, creating suitable living environments, providing decent housing, and improving community facilities and services.
Community Development Block Grant Project or program’s must meet one of three broad goals: 1. Benefit low and moderate income persons 2. Prevent or eliminate slum or blighted areas 3. Address an urgent or emergency community need
Eligible CDBG Activities Include: • Public improvements • Streets, Sidewalks, Parks, Sewers, etc • Public facilities • Neighborhood centers, non-profit centers, and school building conversions for eligible purposes • Rehabilitation of residential and non-residential buildings • Housing Rehabilitation or Non-profit Rehabilitation • Energy conservation and renewable energy resources • Economic development and job-creation/ retention activities • Acquisition of land or real property to be used for eligible purposes • Housing/ Community Land Trust to provide affordable housing • Public Services • Planning and Administration
CDBG Funding Categories Planning/Admin. 20% cap Development 47% Social Services 33% cap
For 2016 - 2017 $ 405, 190 Planning & Administration $ 639, 277 Social Services $ 875, 361 Development Activities including: $ 30, 000 PHA 58 Boyd Street Apartments $ 15, 000 East Bayside Surveillance System $135, 000 Portland Jobs Alliance (CEI) $ 15, 000 Portland Microenterprises (Living with Peace) $ 42, 000 Portland Microenterprise Assistance Program (CEI) $115, 000 ADA Curb Ramps and Pedestrian Safety $408, 861 Marginal Way/Bayside Roadways Streetscape $ 13, 500 Libbytown Community Garden $1, 905, 948 Total CDBG Funding for 2016 -2017
Community Development Block Grant Social Services for 2016 - 2017 • Community Policing • Preble Street, Emergency Food, Women’s Shelter, Resource Center, Teen Center • Catherine Morrill/Youth & Family Outreach Child Care Voucher program • Amistad • Wayside • City of Portland After Hours Program for the Family Shelter • City of Portland Housing Assistance of Long Term Shelter Stayers • Learning. Works English Language Program
Community Development Block Grant Funded Infrastructure Projects 2016 - 2017 n ADA Curb Ramps $ 56, 197 n Marginal Way/Bayside Streets $408, 861 2015 - 2016 n Bike Parking n Greenleaf Street Redesign $ 17, 500 $218, 000 2012 -2013 n Trees n Handicap Access Ramps n Fort Allen Park Overlook n Portland Observatory n Libbytown Trail Crossing $ 15, 000 $ 50, 625 $ 77, 350 $ 96, 000 $117, 300 $ 16, 113 $ 49, 375 $ 70, 775 $199, 375 $249, 375 $ 53, 000 $ 60, 480 $ 89, 363 $260, 000 $119, 006 2014 -2015 n Big Belly Solar Compactors n North Boyd Multi Use Trail n Elm Street Sidewalk P 2 n St John Valley Streetscape P 3 $ 56, 197 $110, 000 $248, 375 $210, 504 2011 -2012 n Trees n Handicap Access Ramps n Elm Street Connections n Fox Anderson Streetscape n St John Valley Streetscape 2013 -2014 n Big Belly Solar Compactors n Trees n Handicap Access Ramps n Anderson Street Byway n Cumberland Avenue $ 48, 828 $ 15, 000 $ 51, 100 $245, 608 $233, 170 2010 -2011 n Handicap Access Ramps n East Bayside BB Courts n North Boyd Street Trail Conn n Cumberland Ave (Wash-Fran) n Dougherty Field Ph. 2 & 3
Community Development Block Grant Housing Program: Housing and Neighborhood Services • Housing Rehabilitation • Energy Audits
HOME Investment Partnership Program
HOME Purpose The HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) is the largest Federal block grant to state and local governments exclusively to create affordable housing for low-income households. HOME can fund a wide range of activities: • Construction, purchase or rehabilitating of affordable rental or homeownership housing. • Tenant-based rental assistance.
Cumberland County HOME Consortium A partnership between the City of Portland the Cumberland County to administer the HOME Program County-wide. Portland is the lead entity and administers the program in Portland throughout Cumberland County.
HOME Funding by Year 2012 -2013~ HOME Programs $ Amount 2013 -2014~ # Units $ Amount 2014 -2015~ # Units $ Amount 2015 -2016~ # Units $ Amount 2016 -2017~ # Units $ Amount # Units Administration & Planning $102, 320. 00 N/A $106, 627. 20 N/A $111, 317. 80 N/A $102, 083. 00 N/A $103, 264. 00 N/A Housing Rehabilitation $447, 442. 00 26 $352, 447. 00 23 $333, 000. 00 32 $385, 000. 00 32 $375, 000. 00 32 Homeownership Assistance $220, 000. 00 8 $90, 000. 00 3 $0. 00 N/A $135, 622. 00 39 $135, 314. 00 110 $130, 000. 00 110 50 $406, 569. 00 15 $290, 625. 00 15 $304, 482. 00 15 $136, 976. 84 5 $123, 125. 17 5 $124, 896. 00 5 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Affordable Housing Development CHDO Totals*** $0. 00 $1, 096, 489. 00 92 $1, 022, 448. 00 $134, 781. 27 ** $71, 451. 00 $2, 001, 032. 27 126 $1, 778, 595. 20 115 $1, 123, 177. 64 162 $1, 030, 833. 17 162 $1, 037, 642. 00 162
Projects in Portland: • • • • Unity Village Pearl Place Bayside East Senior Housing Logan Place CHOM Elm Terrace Bayside Anchor 409 Cumberland Ave. Florence House Fore River 134 Washington Ave Valley Street Apartments Walker Terrace St. Doms Family Housing
Housing Rehabilitation and Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) TBRA: Administered by the Social Service Division; assisted approximately 433 households with security deposits and short term rental assistance since 2014. Housing Rehab: Single Family and Multi-Family properties; up to $15, 000 per unit in a forgivable or low interest loan for low income homeowners or tenants.
Roof Repair Siding and Weatherization Heating Systems Handicap Accessibility
Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) The ESG program provides funding to: • Engage homeless individuals and families living on the streets; • Improve the number of quality and emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; • Shelter operations; • Provide essential services to shelter residents, • Rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families; • Prevent families/individuals from becoming homeless
ESG funding for 2016 - 2017 • Essential Services Family Shelter: • • • $28, 237 Homeless Prevention Family Shelter: $52, 369 Homeless Prevention Oxford Street Shelter: $13, 244 Rapid Rehousing Oxford Street Shelter: $55, 200 Administration and HMIS: $12, 092 Total: $161, 232
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