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Affirm submission of the 2023 Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Five-Year Plan Amendment in the amount of $560,188; Adopt a resolution authorizing submission of the PLHA Amendment; and Authorize the County Administrator, pending County Counsel concurrence, to execute any allocation award and other grant-related documents necessary to accept the award
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Chief of Probation recommends that the Board affirm submission of the 2023 Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Five-Year Plan Amendment in the amount of $560,188; Adopt a resolution authorizing submission of the PLHA Amendment; and Authorize the County Administrator, pending County Counsel concurrence, to execute any allocation award and other grant-related documents necessary to accept the award.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In 2017, Governor Brown signed a 15-bill housing package aimed at addressing the state's housing shortage and high housing costs. Specifically, it included the Building Homes and Jobs Act (SB 2, 2017), which established a $75 recording fee on real estate documents to increase the supply of affordable housing as well as homeless housing programs in California. Through this funding, the State created the Permanent Local Housing Allocation grant program (PLHA) with the purpose of providing a permanent source of funding to all local governments in California to assist with increasing affordable housing stock or homeless housing programs.
On February 26, 2020, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for PLHA in the amount of $195 million and on June 23, 2020 the Board of Supervisors approved the submission of the PLHA grant application for an amount of $769,410 for a five-year term to 1) Provide Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing services to individuals who are und...
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