City Council

CC 9. Application for U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), Community Planning & Development Department (CPD), Older Adults Home Modification Program (OAHMP) Funds. Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt Resolution No. _____ authorizing the submittal of an application to HUD’s Community Planning & Development Department for funding under the OAHMP program and authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute all documents deemed necessary or appropriate to participate in the OAHMP program. 2. If funded, accept the OAHMP grant award funds and appropriate said funds into an OAHMP Fund account number, to be created by Finance. 3. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to expend any awarded funds (up to $2,000,000.00), in accordance with the OAHMP program. The OAHMP program caps individual grant amounts at a $5,000.00 maximum. The U.S. Housing & Urban Development Department Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes has released a Notice of Funding (NOFO) for a new grant program targeted at minor home modifications for older adults. The program seeks to enable low-income elderly persons to remain in their homes through home modifications to reduce older adults’ risk of falling, improve general safety, increase accessibility, and to improve their functional abilities in their homes.