Colorado Community Block Grant Disaster Recovery Home Access 2013 Floods & 2012 Fires

1. Colorado Community Block Grant Disaster Recovery Home Access 2013 Floods & 2012 Fires

2. Introductions Metro Volunteers – mission To mobilize and cultivate volunteerism as a vital force in our communities.

3. Department of Local Affairs – Housing Division Two Programs Metro Volunteers is operating: • Home Rehab • Home Access See the handout

4. Home Rehab This program is designed to do Housing Repairs (Single Family Rehabilitation) (Not Rebuild) • Repairs necessary to bring the damaged home to meet the HUD CPD Green Building Retrofit Checklist, and DOH Single Family Rehabilitation Standards • Relocation of single family and modular homes in stable/undamaged condition to be moved from floodplain to a permanent location outside of the floodplain. • Rehab owner-occupied homes, as well as single family rental homes (up to 4 contiguous lots)

5. More… • Cost to repair the damage cannot exceed 50% of pre-flood county appraised value, on a per-house basis. • Maximum Award: $100,000 per household for rehabilitation OR for structural relocation) • Beneficiary Eligibility Criteria: • Homeowners who can provide proof of ownership, and or rental properties with 1-4 units, all of which must have received direct or indirect flood damage.

6. And more… • Priority for those directly impacted, persons with disabilities, seniors and, for previous residents of damaged or destroyed manufactured housing. • Household income must be at or below 80 percent AMFI for at least 75 percent of beneficiaries served. • National Objective: Low-and-moderate income (at below 80% AMI) and Urgent Need

7. Home Access This program is designed to serve: • Homeowners unable to access their homes due to damaged roads that are non‐county maintained • Maximum Award: $500,000 max sub-award under the sub-recipient contract

8. More… • Beneficiary Eligibility Criteria: • 51 percent of the recipients must be low‐and‐moderate income households unless Urgent Need can be substantiated. • Applicants must demonstrate that the private road or bridge access was directly damaged by the floods or fires and provides sole access to the target homes. • Applicants must demonstrate that lack of access is a health and safety issue pertaining to emergency vehicle access, particularly in the event of forest fires. www.dola.colorado.gov/cdbg-dr

9. Even more… • National Objective: Low-and-moderate income (at/below 80% AMI) and Urgent Need

10. Program Process – it’s very lengthy • Complete an Application • Project Scoping • Environmental Review • Eligibility Determination • Flood affected • Income verification • Repairs can be done with funds allowed • Maintenance and Use Agreement in place • Funding allocated • Construction completed – payments made • Annual review for compliance

11. CDBG Funding Awards Home Rehabilitation • Grant • Five Year Forgivable Loan • Loan Deferred to Sale Home Access • Grant

12. Timeline – as we know it today May 10 – Presentation to State Housing Board May 17 – Approval Letter Received June – Dec – Environmental Review Dec – Request Release of Funds Dec – Process and Consider Awards/Contract

14. Next Steps • Fill out your Application • Gather any documents from work already done: Permits, Reports, Receipts • Send to Kelly Streck Metro Volunteers 789 Sherman Street, #220 Denver, CO 80203 Kstreck@MetroVolunteers.org • Questions to Tom Judd Tjudd@MetroVolunteers.org 303-282-1234 ext. 311 303-282-1234 ext.

15. Our Staff: Kristy Judd – Executive Director - Kjudd@MetroVolunteers.orgTom Judd – Attorney - Tjudd@MetroVolunteers.orgKelly Streck – Application & Compliance –Kstreck@MetroVolunteers.orgMike O’Connor – Construction MOConnor@ MetroVolunteers.org