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Attachment 3 THE CITY OF ,i Housing Commission "'" Minutes rLLr\3PcINTO1 N [SUBJECT TO APPROVAL) PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 6. Approval of Federal HOME Funds and Lower Income Housing Funds Related to the Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG) Program for Fiscal Year 2019/20 Mr. Hernandez provided background information on the Housing and Human Services (HHSG) Program for Fiscal Year 2019/20 and the Zoomgrants program. He advised that HHSG applications for FY 2019/20 were solicitated from December 13, 2018 through January 22, 2019, with a total of twenty-seven (27) applications being received by the deadline for a total funding requests being $1,095,937, or $1,119,121 including the Section 108 loan payment for 2019/20. To be reviewed by the Housing Commission are the applications proposed to be funded with federal HOME funds and/or City Lower Income Housing Funds (LIHF). Commissioners were informed by Mr. Hernandez that six (6) of the applications received were for housing programs and services for a total requested amount of$431,025 and the Commission is requested to make funding recommendations based on available HOME and LIHF funds. He advised Commissioners that the amount of HOME funds indicated is a projected amount because HUD has not yet provided funding levels, which means funding will be adjusted accordingly once staff has been made aware of the amount made available. Chairperson Soby questioned how the adjustment would be made, since the funding received for the previous year was considerably higher than had been initially projected. Mr. Hernandez advised that the amount funded would be based on the requested amount by the applicant, i.e. Abode. Commissioner Kiziloglu questioned whether funds could be moved from the LIHF to fund other low-income services. Mr. Hernandez provided information about services related to low-income and funding from CDBG having a 15% Cap. Commissioner Kiziloglu indicated she would prefer that funds to be used for housing and not other services. Mr. Hernandez advised that staff recommends the Commission support applications for affordable housing activities that include other services and not just brick and mortar requests. Chairperson Soby suggested Commissioner Kiziloglu's comments be tabled for discussion at a future meeting. Chairperson Soby opened the meeting for agency presentations. ECHO Housing Counseling Services — Marjorie Rocha — reaffirmed the mission of the ECHO Housing organization and the support services they provide which aids in the prevention of homelessness. She discussed the programs the agency provides and the services that are provided through their programs. Ms. Rocha commented on the importance of providing education to clients, partnering with other organizations, providing home-seeking services, counseling, and placement services. Page - 1 -