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<br /> Page - 2 - <br />received by the January 20 deadline, with a total funding request of $1,355,639 (or $1,379,921 <br />including the required Section 108 loan payment for 2023/24). This report addresses the <br />Housing Commission’s review of projects that are proposed to be funded with federal HOME <br />funds and/or City Lower Income Housing Funds (LIHF). <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br />As described in the attached Human Services Commission (HSC) agenda report included as <br />Attachment 2, the majority of the 30 grant applications were eligible for funding through the <br />main HHSG sources: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and City General Funds <br />(the human services category of the former City Grant program). There are eight (8) <br />applications for housing programs and services (with a total requested amount of $639,651) <br />that were identified to be eligible for funding through the other two HHSG funding sources: <br />HOME and LIHF. Copies of the HHSG applications have been distributed. The projects are <br />listed below. <br /> <br />Table 1: <br />Summary of HOME and LIHF Eligible Projects <br /> <br /> Agency / Project Requested Eligible <br />Source <br />1 <br />Abode Services / Tri-Valley Rapid Rehousing Program: <br />a) Tenant-Based Rental Assistance <br />b) Case Management, Admin & Gap Assistance <br />$150,000 <br />$97,022 <br />$52,978 <br /> <br />HOME <br />LIHF <br />2 Centro Legal de la Raza / Fair and Secure Hosing Project $46,628 LIHF <br />3 CityServe / Homeless Intervention and Crisis Stabilization Program $80,000 LIHF <br />4 CRIL / Housing & Independent Living Services $16,000 LIHF <br />5 ECHO Housing / Housing Counseling Services $40,000 LIHF <br />6 Goodness Village / Tiny Home Community $57,720 LIHF <br />7 Habitat for Humanity / Housing Rehabilitation Program <br />$80,000 <br />$45,000 <br />$35,000 <br /> <br />HOME <br />LIHF <br />8 Tri-Valley REACH $40,000 LIHF <br /> Total $510,348 <br /> <br />It is the Housing Commission’s role to make funding recommendations regarding the use of <br />HOME and LIHF funds. This report provides background and a recommendation for the <br />Commission’s consideration. The recommendations from both the Human Services