City Council

CC 14. Application for State of California CalHome Program Funds Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt Resolution No. , authorizing the submittal of an application to the California State Department of Housing and Community Development for funding under the CalHome Program; the execution of a standard agreement if selected for such funding and any amendments thereto; and any related documents necessary to participate in the CalHome Program. 2. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with Habitat for Humanity, if funded, to administer and implement the CalHome programs, in a form approved by the City Attorney. 3. If funded, accept the CalHome grant award funds, and appropriate said funds into a CalHome Fund account number, to be created by Finance, for expenditure in accordance with the CalHome program. 4. Find that this item is not a project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. The request to apply to HCD for funding under the CalHome Program in the amount of $5,000,000.00, is for the implementation of a new owner-occupied rehabilitation program. The application is in response to the 2023 CalHome Program Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) issued on January 6, 2023, with an application deadline of February 28, 2023.