Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Raymond J. Hodges, Director of Housing
Subject: Permanent Local Housing Allocation Funding Application
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Approving, adopting, and authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors and the Clerk of the Board to execute a resolution substantially in the form of Attachment A as required by the California Department of Housing and Community Development ("CA HCD") approving an application for funding and the execution of a grant agreement and any amendments thereto from the 2022 and 2023 funding years of the State Permanent Local Housing Allocation ("PLHA") Program; and
B) Representing and certifying that if the County of San Mateo Department of Housing ("DOH") receives a grant of PLHA funds from the CA HCD pursuant to the May 12, 2025 PLHA amended Notice of Funding Availability ("PLHA NOFA"), provided at Attachment B, that DOH will use all such funds in a manner consistent and in compliance with all applicable state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, and laws, including without limitation all rules and laws regarding the PLHA program, as well as any and all contracts DOH may have with the CA HCD; and
C) Authorizing and directing the Director of the DOH or designee(s) to submit a grant application, substantially in the form provided at Attachment C, for the PLHA funds in an amount not to exceed $1,831,715 as soon as the CA HCD determines the County's Housing Element is in substantial compliance or upon such date as the prerequisites for the application are met, and to award such funding to qualified service providers through a NOFA or an over the counter process that meets the requirements of PLHA regulations, with adjustments to be made to individual awards on a pro rata basis once final allocations have been confirmed by the CA HCD; and
D) Authorizing the Director of the DOH or designe...
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