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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Housing & Homeless Programs In North Carolina. Total ARRA. $787 Billion Tax Relief $225 Billion: to States $100 Billion: to federal agencies/ competitive grants. Objectives. Stabilize State Budgets Create Jobs Safety Net.
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Housing & Homeless Programs In North Carolina
Total ARRA • $787 Billion • Tax Relief • $225 Billion: to States • $100 Billion: to federal agencies/ competitive grants
Objectives • Stabilize State Budgets • Create Jobs • Safety Net
How do funds come to the state? • Direct payment to individuals • State Stabilization • Formula Allocation • Federal Agency • Competitive Grants • Public • Private
One-time funds • Up to 3 years • Timelines to be met
Transparency • Efficiency • Accountability
Merit Selection Competitive Process Risk Analysis Compliance OMB Direction Federal Oversight
Housing & Homeless Programs • HUD • Energy • IRS • Homeland Security
Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) • All PHA monies come from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) • Public Housing Capital Funds • Money to fund capital improvements already identified in the PHAs 5 year plan • $89.4M is formula grant • 99 contracts between HUD and N.C. PHAs • ¼ of the federal allocation (~$1B) is competitive
Public Housing Authorities • Project Based Housing Vouchers • $83.4M • HUD has 101 N.C. contracts • Assistance to housing complexes that currently receive project-based Section 8 • HUD doesn’t really think of this as recovery funding, but it does get reported as recovery funding
Weatherization • U.S. Department of Energy • Administered at the state level by the Office of Energy with the Department of Commerce, but still physically housed at the Office of Economic Opportunity within Health and Human Services • $131,954,536 • Funds will go to Community Action Agencies, Nonprofits and Local Governments that are already implementing weatherization programs • Funds are targeted to low-income residents • Homeowners • Renters • Homeless shelters
Tax Credit Assistance Program • Administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development • Administered at the state level by the Housing Finance Agency • $52.1 M • Will assist with tax-credit projects that have cash-flow difficulties because of reduction in syndicators able to purchase tax-credits.
Neighborhood Stabilization Program • Administrated by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development • Funds used to stabilize neighborhoods that are in trouble due to high rates of foreclosure and/or abandoned properties. • Competitive • Division of Community Assistance submitted an application, we hope to hear results in early December
Domestic Violence Transitional Housing • Administered by the U.S. Department of Justice • Applicants are local domestic violence programs • NC received $1,491,722 • Mecklenburg County • Youth Focus in Greensboro • Durham Crisis Response Center
Native American Housing Block Grant • Administered by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development • Formula Portion • $6.5 M for 5 tribes in N.C. • Also competitive portion • No NC tribes funded
Lead Paint Hazard Reduction • Administered by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development • $ for communities who were eligible for 2008 awards but did not receive due to limited funding • Charlotte - $2.9 M • Greenville - $1.9 M
Community Development Block Grant • Administered by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development • Administered at the state level by Division of Community Assistance within the Department of Commerce • $12M for non-entitlement communities • Contracts going out any minute • In addition, 25 entitlement communities receive $6.9 M
Assisted Housing Stability & Green & Energy Retrofit • Administered by U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development • Competitive • For projects funded by • Section 8 – project based • Section 811 • Section 202
Emergency Food and Shelter Program • Administered by U.S. Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) • $3.8 M goes directly to local FEMA boards • Funds can be used for emergency food, shelter
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing • Administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development • A new program, not previously funded • $7M to 7 entitlement communities • $22M to non-entitlement communities
Eligible Activities • Preventing Homelessness among households that are in a very unstable housing situation • Diverting households away from shelters and stabilizing them in secure permanent housing • Rapidly Re-Housing households already experiencing homelessness
How funds can be spent • Housing search activities • Housing stabilization activities • Flexible Financial Assistance
Where HPRP is available: HUD-funded Entitlement areas Charlotte Raleigh Durham Greensboro Winston-Salem Fayetteville Wake Asheville
Contact Information Martha Are Office of Economic Recovery and Investment MSC 20308 Raleigh, NC 27699-0308 919-733-1523 martha.are@nc.gov